The metropolis of Bordeaux buys a 37-hectare island to make it a “public river park”. After several years of talks, the Gironde community announced that it would acquire the island of Arcins for around 1.7 million euros.
Covering 37 hectares, “the island is classified as a Natura 2000 zone, a natural zone of the PLU [local urban planning] and a flood zone’ The cradle of the first kiwis in the South-West, it is on the island that the firstKiwi trees were acclimatized. “Fig trees, giant bamboos and cypresses give a jungle feel to this green space where kites, herons, deer and wild boars live peacefully”