France does not build controversial new airport
Actually, the Aéroport du Grand would have to open up Ouest, in the West of France soon. However, because construction of violence threatened to bury the government that the project is now.
The French government has one of the most controversial construction projects in the country, declared definitively dead. The new Nantes airport will not be built, said French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Wednesday (17. January). The bitter climate between the almost equal sized Camps of supporters and opponents make the project as good as impossible, so the reasoning.
Decades of strife due to the project-Aéroport du Grand Ouest already. Actually, it had received the approval of the regional and national government. Also compensation for the Land, which was needed, one had agreed. Try the plans to legally challenge had failed. But nothing changed the fact that at a start of construction of the airport in the village of Notre-Dames-des-Landes, again and again, outbreaks of violence were feared.
Environmental activists camping on the site
Environmental activists have been around for ten years, on-site presence and have built huts in which they live. According to Premier Philippe the decision of the government also means that the activists must leave the territory of the planned Aéroport du Grand Ouest. A last attempt to vacate the area in Notre-Dames-des-Landes, ended 2012 in violent protests and was abandoned.
In addition to the damage to the environment, opponents also argue that Nantes had already a functioning airport. The Atlantique Aéroport has a capacity of three million passengers a year. Because of the proximity to the city – the Airport is less than ten kilometres away – but it was not possible for him to expand.
A the airport, there is already
The Aéroport du Grand Ouest would have to handle nine million passengers per year and would be around 30 kilometers from Nantes. 590 million euros would have cost the construction of the new airport, a construction company had already been selected. According to French media reports, these should now be compensated with up to EUR 350 million for the failure of the project.
After his election, French President Emmanuel Macron promised that it should come to a quick decision in the matter of Aéroport du Grand Ouest. But of course, this is criticized now. The proponents of the airport for the government to respect the democratic process miss. After all, everything had been approved.
You can see in the above image gallery, such as the Aéroport du Grand Ouest would have to look.