The municipality of Frontignan has renewed the “Bourg-Centre” contract with the Occitanie region

Les trois partenaires ont renouvelé la convention. MIDI LIBRE – PHILIPPE MALRIC

La signature entre les divers partenaires (Ville de Frontignan, Agglo, Département et Région) s’est déroulée mardi 25 juin dans le chantier du pôle culturel.

For once, the official signing did not take place in the hall of honor of Frontignan town hall. Symbolically, the renewal of the Bourg-Centre contract, for the period 2022/2028, between the municipality of Frontignan and the Occitanie region took place on the square of the future cultural center, Quai Voltaire. A site in which all the partners of this agreement, also signed by the Agglo, are involved.

Sharing the efforts of all partners

"When all partners come together, it makes it possible to transform the hearts of cities, underlined the Mayor Michel Arrouy. Indeed, all efforts must be made to act on the heart of our cities which are becoming impoverished". This contract between the City and the Region thus makes it possible to intervene more effectively on requalification. Over the previous period, this Bourg-Centre project was realized in, in particular, the restructuring of the marina, the development of the central urban boulevard phase 7, the renovation of the skatepark, the design of the city centre. a cycle path on rue du Maréchal Juin, or even on the study of urban transformation of the industrial wasteland of the former Exxon/Mobil site. The pooling of the efforts of the signatories resulted in the assumption of 60% of the costs, the rest being the responsibility of the City. In addition to the financial side, the City can also count on operational assistance from various partners.

It’s renovation, requalification, employment

"On an operation like that of the cultural center, the Department must support structuring projects in this context, commented for his part Jean-François Soto, the president of the board of directors of Territoire 34, the department body responsible for the future cinema site. On this project and the pedestrianization of the Quai Voltaire, we are injecting 20 M€. It's renovation, requalification but also employment". "We have just signed the one concerning two Balaruc, for his part, specified François Commeinhes, the president of the agglomeration. This shows that this triangle in the agglomeration is particularly dynamic when it comes to working for the well-being of its inhabitants."

Several projects already planned

And to detail the issues on which this new agreement will intervene in Frontignan: “the multimodal exchange hub, the new section of the central urban boulevard, the new swimming pool, the future of the Lafarge site…". We can also add the continuation of the construction site of the cultural center and the construction of the footbridge over the canal, the renaturation of the Saint-Paul islet and Place Jean-Jaurès, the thermal renovation of the school group des Terres Blanches and the waterproofing of its courtyards, or the creation of the park along the canal at La Peyrade.

450 contracts of this type in the region

"There have been 450 signatures of this type since we created it in the Occitanie region, a declared Florence Brutus, the vice-president responsible for planning and territorial cohesion. It is a global contract to support municipalities so that they meet the needs of its inhabitants s". Then the vice-president weaved a laurel wreath at the town hall of Frontignan for the vision she has of "the evolution of the city in transforming wastelands". The best example being the "cultural center which will offer a much broader offering and which will be a place of conviviality and exchange".