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Vendée - Brétignolles-sur-mer
Date de dépôt 01/12/2008Pays : France - Département : Vendée - Ville : Brétignolles-sur-mer - Plage : La Normandelière
Objet
In 2003, the town of Brétignolles-sur-Mer launched a construction project for a large marina on the bed of the Normandelière Stream in the area behind the dunes. This comes as a response to the high demand for marina mooring spaces all across France and it is expected to support economic development in the region. The project would cause numerous impacts on the coastline and the environment, including modifications to currents and the seabed, destruction of the marine fauna and flora, the rupture of the dune range to build a channel allowing boats access to the marina, the destruction of the wetland area and its biotope, the filling of ground water supplies, the destruction of geological rock strata with explosives, etc.
État des lieux
There was significant mobilisation against this project. Surfrider Foundation Europe stalls were run during cultural events such as the music festival ‘La 7e Vague’ (The 7th Wave). The Keeper and the Indre-et-Loire Chapter took advantage of this and other events to make people aware of environmental issues, and in particular the marina construction project. In cooperation with the association La Vigie, the Keeper participated in numerous demonstrations, one of which took the shape of a human chain on Normandelière Beach to symbolically visualise the planned port access channel, and how it would impact on the area. During the public consultations, Surfrider and the Keeper gave a detailed account of their arguments against this marina. We produced a complete dossier on the impacts of the project on water quality and health, and on the areas used for activities and leisure.
The 19th of December 2011 was an important date in the campaign as the public consultations commission issued a report against the project based on the arguments that we had provided. Surfrider, the Keeper and the Indre-et-Loire Chapter will remain vigilant until the project is abandoned for good
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