The project to build a giant Amazon logistics platform in eastern Lyon, which had been the subject of legal action, should see the light of day in the last quarter of 2026 at the earliest and was recently presented to representative bodies staff, learned an AFP journalist from a source close to the matter.
This distribution center project is planned near Saint-Exupéry airport, in Colombier-Saugnieu, and should occupy a surface area of between 75,000 and 80,000 m² on the ground, for a total of 150,000 m² on several floors, according to this same source.
“We are continually seeking to develop our logistics network in order to improve the customer experience and are currently studying the possibility of opening a distribution center in eastern Lyon
,” Amazon confirmed on Tuesday, contacted by AFP.
“This project, which is only in its early stages, is being carried out in full collaboration and in a constructive manner with local stakeholders
,” he said.
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Appeals rejected
It was the subject of a joint appeal by Acenas (Association against the extension and nuisance of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport) and the Fracture association, which requested the Lyon administrative court to have it annulled. of the building permit granted to the developer Goodman France.
The associations highlighted the inadequacy of the impact study with regard to the consequences of a possible aircraft crash on the site, arguments rejected by the courts in November 2019.
In June of the same year, the two associations, worried about the environmental nuisance linked to the implementation of this XXL project, attempted to urgently cancel the building permit.
Without success.
On the employee side, the project also worries:
“We are asking ourselves the question of life expectancy in 2027”
of centers close to that of Colombier-Saugnieu, declared Tuesday a trade unionist who requested anonymity from AFP.
He says he fears that this new project will have a negative impact on the workforce of two other centers located nearby, that of Chalons-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire) and Montélimar (Drôme), which employ around 1,500 employees.
Amazon France employs more than 20,000 permanent employees, some of whom work for Amazon France Logistique, which manages large warehouses including eight distribution centers.