Evaluated at 10 million euros, the work threatened the biodiversity of the site, according to environmental activists.
Le Monde with AFP
Seized by several environmental associations, the Grenoble administrative court suspended Tuesday, October 25, a prefectural decree authorizing the launch of works for the construction of a hill reservoir intended to feed the ski resort of La Clusaz (Haute- Savoie), in the name of environmental protection.
“The public interest which arises from the realization of a hill reservoir essentially intended to ensure the artificial snow of the station is insufficient to call into question the emergency which is due to the preservation of the natural environment and the species that ‘He houses, “said the judge in summary proceedings in His order published on the Tribunal’s website.
The water holder had to be dug in the mountains on the Colombière site, currently occupied by environmental activists who are opposed to it. The court was emergency by several regional associations including France Nature Environnement, the new mountain, Mountain Wilderness France and the bird protection league.
For the judge, “the emergency condition is filled with the fact that clearing work is planned for October-November 2022 and that opponents of the project who occupy the site are likely to be expelled by the forces of the ‘Order in brief maturity “.
A project at 10 million euros
On this photo taken on Tuesday October 18, 2022, the ZAD camp established by opponents of the construction of a hill restraint, to 1,500 meters above sea level in the woods of the Colombière, on the Beauregard plateau, in the town of La Clusaz. Morgan Faches for “Le Monde” criticizing the “legality” of the prefectural decree of clearing authorization published in late September, the judge sentences the State to the costs, for an amount of 1,200 euros.
The project at a cost of 10 million euros plans to dig 148,000 m 3 in the mountain, on a “ground surface of five football fields” to ensure the Snining of the ski area 45 % “, according to activists from the Rebellion extinction group who occupy the site.
“It will cost the extermination of fifty-eight protected species”, with “rampage” of a wood, “jeopardizing wetlands” and “condemnation of fish life” of a stream, with “a Faramineful energy expenditure for the routing of water “, according to the same source.
For the mayor of La Clusaz, Didier Thévenet, the water retention basin is essential to support the economy of the Médddment Mountain station and the use of its inhabitants, very dependent on tourism, while the Snail suffers from global warming and that drinking water may lack due to the growing irregularity of precipitation.
criticizing the “legality” of the prefectural decree of clearing authorization published in late September, the judge sentences the State to the costs, for an amount of 1,200 euros.
The project at a cost of 10 million euros plans to dig 148,000 m 3 in the mountain, on a “ground surface of five football fields” to ensure the Snining of the ski area 45 % “, according to activists from the Rebellion extinction group who occupy the site.
“It will cost the extermination of fifty-eight protected species”, with “rampage” of a wood, “jeopardizing wetlands” and “condemnation of fish life” of a stream, with “a Faramineful energy expenditure for the routing of water “, according to the same source.
For the mayor of La Clusaz, Didier Thévenet, the water retention basin is essential to support the economy of the Médddment Mountain station and the use of its inhabitants, very dependent on tourism, while the Snail suffers from global warming and that drinking water may lack due to the growing irregularity of precipitation.