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It was one of the last legal confrontations between opponents and supporters of the transfer from the airport Nantes Atlantique to the village of Notre-Dame-des-Landes.
Friday, July 17, the Nantes Administrative Court rejected all appeals by opponents of the new airport to cancel two took environmental arrested by the prefect of the Loire-Atlantique allowing the dealer (Vinci Airports) destroy wetlands and moving protected species, prior to the work. “By fourteen judgments” , the court therefore dismissed the appeals filed “against decisions taken by the prefect of Loire-Atlantique in the context of achieving the Grand Ouest Airport Project Notre-Dame-des-Landes, declared of public utility by decree of 9 February 2008″
The magistrates transfer thereby very old folder. – the site of Notre-Dame-des-Landes was chosen in 1967 – the political. The government has often stated that the site would begin soon considered the ultimate remedy
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The Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, had even imprudently mentioned the deadline of spring 2015. It will have therefore decide between the start of work and the abandonment or postponement of the project. It is a high-risk case: the “zadistes” occupying the site for five years, and hostile to the project farmers do not intend to sell
But the work begins. is not for tomorrow. The court will certainly dismiss the actions opponents – the intermunicipal citizen Association of populations affected by the airport project (ACIPA), the Collective of elected doubting the appropriateness airport (CEDPA), etc. – And had recommended on June 18, the public rapporteur, whose opinion is often followed. Hostile associations will then call. Otherwise, it will be the prefecture and Grand Ouest Airport, a subsidiary of Vinci Airports, dealership of the future airport, that will appeal.
The amphibious vole is invited in the debate
Opponents Airport intend to challenge a prefectural order in preparation for a protected species, the amphibious voles. Forgotten in the previous text, the little rodent who appreciates the wetland grove of Nantes, was invited to the debate. In early April, the National Nature Conservation Council (CNPN), an advisory body of the Ministry of Ecology has issued an unfavorable opinion (and Advisory) on the request for exemption to the prohibition of destruction of this species protected. “This adverse opinion CNPN reinforces the views of naturalists, refers to the weak record on environmental and weakens the position of the State and Vinci” , but noted François Beaulieu , a member of the group of naturalists in struggle.
On the side of the prefecture, it is argued that the draft decree on the amphibian vole is ready. “This problem must be paid before any commencement of work; it takes about a month of public consultation, Stephan believes Ribou, the sub-prefect in charge of the file of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. Apart from this particular point, if all is validated by the court Friday, the project takes off. “
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Besides the problem voles, crested or marbled newts, great horned beetles or even flûteaux-swimming, and that of their move that can only be done at certain times, the arguments of opponents have stepped on the plan recently economic and social.
Reinforcement of the CGT
The transfer of Nantes-Atlantique Airport in the town of Bouguenais, 10 km south-west Nantes, around Notre-Dame-des-Landes, 20 km north of the town, is not necessary according to them. In their demonstration of the viability of the current airport, they just received a weight reinforcement, and rather unexpected: the CGT Loire-Atlantique
Some union activists were broadcasting a leaflet and a brochure explaining the choice, at the national gathering opponents in Vigneux-de-Bretagne, the weekend of July 11 and 12. For four years, the CGT has studied all aspects of the dossier. “The maintenance of the airport on the current site, with all required improvements (…) presents more advantages that the construction of a new airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes “, summarizes the union.
This rally, which has hardly enchanted the local Communist Party, supported the new airport project, echoed the intense work of the opponents. The Citizen Workshop, which brings together seven months of individuals, experts or not, has published two books, “Economy and jobs” and “Finance”, the findings, they say, final. “We scoured every detail of the financial model presented by Vinci and show that, keeping to the old airport, and modifying it, everybody wins: the state, Vinci, the community and Therefore, citizens’ , explains Jean-Marie Ravier, an entrepreneur engaged against the draft Notre-Dame-des-Landes.
“Maintaining Nantes- Atlantic is not an option we are considering, retorted Eric Delobel, deputy general manager of the future Grand Ouest Airport. Our mission as a dealer is to work on the completion of the transfer of this airport. “
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