Urban centers. the government will provide an additional 5 billion euros

The state will allocate an additional five billion euros by 2026.revive234 urban centers of medium-sized cities, financing ecological transition projects there, the delegate of the Minister of Local Government Affairs stated in an interview. parisian sunday “To continue adapting to climate change and revitalizing our municipalities, the President of the Republic wanted us to leave with a similar envelope of at least 5 billion euros. It will be released over four years, from 2022 to 2026, and will finance renovation projects in 234 medium-sized cities.says Caroline Kaye.

This envelope will form the second part of the program.”Action in the heart of the cityDuring Macron’s first five-year term, five billion euros were mobilized to revitalize the centers of 222 municipalities with between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. The cities of Colmar, Briançon, Bastia, Bayonne or Limoges were especially chosen. According to the minister, this first component made it possible to finance “6,500 sharesin these cities with the goal of bringing residents and businesses back to the blighted city centers.

According to Caroline Kaye, the additional five billion will enable the completion of the projects.not finished yetbut also the initiation of ecological transition programs, particularly by allowing municipalitiesgreen their city centers“and fight”heat islands“. “Energy saving works are also needed in public buildings and schools“, explained Caroline Kaye, who would also like the entrances to the city to be decorated.

“You have to fall in love when you enter the city at first sight“, he begged, adding:I don’t want to talk about ugly France anymore.“. The Senate recently rated the program “the heart of the citysharing the positive responses of the surveyed mayors, while pointing out certain limits that specifically refer to “local goals are not always very precise“.