The guidelines on which the Greens are not agree

The debate today on the local (PLU) Paris urban plan, which must determine the face of the capital in 20 years, will turn to the confrontation between PC and Greens, whose visions are opposed. This duel could turn to the advantage of environmentalists, without which Bertrand Delanoë is not majority, unless the parties reach a compromise. "We cannot accept to be fait accompli of changes to the PLU under political pressure from a group," warned Jean Vuillermoz, Chairman of the PC group. A view shared by Françoise de Panafieu (UMP): "It is an arrangement between friends." The Greens consider that they have a right of veto and can put down all the work of consultation conducted for four years in the districts with the population.

The debate will focus on the density of Paris very strong limited 105 km2 territory, on the construction of housing and the balance between employment and residential function.

Find balance

The report of the commission of inquiry in February invited indeed the city to the overcrowding, i.e. to go beyond the factor soil in a limit of 20, and it in two cases: the creation of social housing and best energy savings buildings.

The municipality, the objective is to "stabilize the population in its diversity, said Jean-Pierre responsible Caffet, Deputy de l'urbanisme.." This will need to build 3,500 housing units per year, to cause such as reduction of the size of the household. "At the same time, we need to reclaim jobs lost, or 130,000 between 1990 and 2000.

The guidelines on which the Greens are not agree. To avoid an increase in density, they propose to focus on the creation of housing. "Create more offices will not reduce unemployment in the capital, because tertiary jobs do not match the profile of the neighbourhoods of the city, says René Dutrey, Chairman of the Greens Group." This may enhance competition with the suburban municipalities.

On development operations to come (7 of the territory), environmentalists are demanding that 50 of the land is reserved for housing (including two third-party social) and 30 in the activity, then the PLU provides 50 activity (offices, shops, hotels) and 31 for housing. The PC refuses to turn to sacrifice employment for the benefit of housing, "then its decline was already exacerbated social inequalities". In addition, insists Jean Vuillermoz, "the 300,000 Parisians who will work in the suburbs are involved in congestion transportation networks". His group wants to give priority to the social housing (5,000 per year) and suggests to conserve land, build towers of 50 to 100 metres and more the height is limited today to 37 meters reserved for offices and housing exceptionally. "Other countries have had to rhyme density, architectural quality, quality of urban space and living environment," resumed the elected.

Right, it remains vague on this subject, but considers that, to remain competitive against the competition of other metropolises, the is not "freeze Paris". ' Discuss the problems of housing and employment should have been made in a joint Board framework, insisted Françoise de Panafieu. The common riparian were not consulted.