The development of the surroundings of the Eiffel Tower, decided by the town hall of Paris in order to achieve a "vegetated pedestrian continuity" going from the place du Trocadéro to the Military School via the Pont d'Iéna and the Champ-de-Mars, arouses the concern of residents and elected officials.
They already fear the consequences of blocking this traffic hub located in the heart of a capital already paralyzed by traffic jams.
“Local residents do not understand why this project goes beyond the forecourt of Chaillot and encroaches on part of the Place du Trocadéro. This will not only suffocate a good part of the traffic on a major axis of the district and reinforce insecurity, especially at night, ”
denounces Francis Szpiner, LR mayor of the 16th arrondissement.
"The case is far from over," he
adds, the day after a stormy information meeting which took place Wednesday evening in his town hall, in the presence of the first deputy of the city of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire and
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