The impact of the city center works at the heart of the general assembly of the Dynamique lunelloise

Elected officials in force to attend the Dynamique general meeting. Midi Libre – JPS

De nouveaux panneaux indiquant que les commerces restent ouverts pendant les travaux, ont été présentés aux commerçants. Midi Libre – JPS

La municipalité est venue en force, vendredi soir, à la salle des Trophées, pour tenter de répondre à toutes les questions des commerçants du centre-ville touchés par le chantier de Métamorph’Ose.

Once is not customary, the general meeting of the merchants' association La Dynamique lunelloise, which was held this Friday evening at the Trophy Hall arenas, took on a somewhat particular character. Construction sites oblige, the reports of circumstances (moral and financial) have been largely eclipsed by the various questions focused on current events in the heart of the city.

Large numbers of municipal elected officials

While the municipality has entered, since the beginning of November, into the hard work of its Métamorph’Ose project of the urban center, and the construction sites are becoming more widespread, the meeting gave a new opportunity to the many impacted traders, (even if they had not come en masse) to try to maintain hope. Indeed, faced with the falling turnover percentages which have been recorded by several of them, between – 20 and – 40% in February, the municipal elected officials who came in very large numbers (almost a dozen including Mayor Pierre Soujol) largely repeated « that what is disturbing today will be a real added value tomorrow, we are on a parenthesis », dixit Pierre Soujol.

An attempt to find solutions

in unison with the municipality, MP Patrick Vignal, underlined the importance of urban renewal to revitalize city centers: « Commerce is essential but if there is no one living in the city center anymore it is complicated. Now, outside, people understand that it is something is happening in Lunel, re-enchanting the city center through the redevelopment of public space, rental permits, renovation of facades, it takes time but it’s a priority < /em>, he insisted.