Front sides along Foch boulevard and the municipal polls to come

The wall along Foch boulevard

The Conseil général de Maine-et-Loire has recently diplayed on the wall located along the Foch boulevard panels about the Foch Activities centre project. The interest of the scheme is double, explains the president of the Maine-et-Loire authority, Christophe Béchu. The first consists in "gathering in an unique place several services presently scattered throughout Angers and therefore rationalising our functioning". The second is "to revitalize Angers down town. When the city sets up a tramway which costs 30 millions €/km, it's our responsibility not to let that equipment to go along an obstructed wall of 100 m long", explains the president on the website of the Conseil général.

The gardens of the Conseil général

In the weeks to come, the Conseil général de Maine-et-Loire is going to demolish a building located on Saint Aubin square. After the disappearance of that building and archeological digs, the construction of the scheme will start in spring 2014. A new building along Foch boulevard will host the services of the Conseil général and, at the ground floor, several stores with front sides along the trolley line.

Chr. Béchu

Chance of the calendar, the start of the works is planned just after the municipal polls. So the panels along Foch boulevard could also be interpreted as the involvment of Mr. Béchu in the competition face to Frédéric Béatse, the present Angers mayor or his contender, Jean-Luc Rotureau, presently deputy-mayor in charge of housing. If the issue is to make more dynamic the Angers down town with new front sides, these might as well open on Sundays. (Credit Pictures : Conseil général de Maine-et-Loire)