“Marseille in large” plan enters its concrete phase

The 2022 finance bill validates the commitments made in September by Emmanuel Macron, but does not appear all local tensions.

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254 million euros of commitment authorization to renovate the schools of Marseille, voted on October 25th. 256 million, of which 32 released from 2022, to develop the public transport network of the city, validated a week later. MEPs included the 20022 (PLF 2022) amendments to the main promises made by Emmanuel Macron during his presentation of the “Marseille en grand” plan.

The law still has to shuttle with the Senate but, barely more than two months after the river speech delivered in the Phocaean City on September 2, the declarations of intent of the President of the Republic have been translated into the state budget. A quick political commitment on the promised envelope. The voted amendments guarantee the local authorities the funding announced for the coming years “, welcomes the member the Republic in March (LRM) of the Bouches-du-Rhône Saïd Ahamada, One of the PLF 2022 rapporteurs.

744 million euros of refundable advances

To reach the total mentioned in September by the President Macron – among others, 1 billion for mobility – the government has completed the commitment authorizations, which validate the direct subsidies of the State, by two other amendments. The first, voted on November 4th, attributes to the metropolis Aix-Marseille-Provence 744 million euros of refundable advances. On this sum, 100 million payment credit is open from 2022, for, ensures the text, “Secure the Quick Start of Projects”. The second amendment, submitted on Saturday, November 6 and submitted this week to the deputies, aims to give the state guarantee to borrowing from 650 million for the Marseille schools. This amount will be adjourned by the Society that the Marseillaise Municipality and the State to pilot this site for 174 schools on the 472 in the city.

The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, who made this plan of magnitude unpublished a symbol of his term, wishes to see his municipal council validate this company before the end 2021. The vote has not been integrated into the Expected session Wednesday, November 10, but could be on the agenda on December 17th. “This is progressing so well with the state that this society, its nature and composition should be defined by then,” says the President of the Majority Spring Marseille, Joël Canicave.

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