“Mayors do not have all the powers, but we still have some,” insists Bruno Piriou (DVG), the mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne). Proof by example, the councilor has just announced that he has stopped a real estate project in the Montagne des Glaises sector. The idea of building fifty housing units on this wasteland, which previously housed the Labor Exchange, had been launched by the former majority. They will not see the light of day, to the great satisfaction of residents of the residential area below who had mobilized against it.
“I inherited this thing. We held a public meeting and we were assassinated by residents living near the pavilions, he remembers. I entrusted this to a developer who reduced the project to 35 housing units. We had another meeting, and people were screaming. So I decided not to do it. Everyone told me that it was not possible, that we would have to pay 800,000 euros in compensation to Grand Paris Aménagement. We took two years, we worked with the developer and finally, we got there. This land will be used to expand the park, with, perhaps, some parking spaces. It's missing. But we will not be adding more concrete to this already densely populated area. »