Repurposing the Loire's banks and ports

How to ?

The Loire's banks and ports are being developed to cater to emerging new uses. Careful attention must therefore be paid to drawing up an appropriate programme in light of each site, to anticipating design and maintenance costs and to the reversibility of developments and facilities. New developments must also align with the provisions in terms of risk management and environmental protection. 

Become familiar with the baseline documents

• View the explanatory video for the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of your area (available soon)
• Check out the Management guidelines for riverbanks and landscapes  Management plan

See the tools and methods

• Manage
• Management chart

The "Habiter l’eau" (Living at the water's edge) Loire laboratory

In 2014-2015, seven university workshops helped to come up with ideas/projects on the banks of the Loire together with the local areas and their stakeholders. The aim of this initiative is to present new ways of looking at the fate of these spaces, set up opportunities for discussion and debate with elected local representatives and residents, develop programmes that factor in both the character of a site and its adaptation to contemporary uses, and envision possible futures.

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Define an operational scope that is broad enough to:

• factor in the diversity of expectations expressed (particularly during public workshops)
• systematically factor in both banks of the river

Perform a complete assessment

• identify the historical, environmental and landscape characteristics, not least those associated with the OUV of the site
• compile an inventory of the protection perimeters of protected spaces in terms of natural and/or cultural heritage (especially Natura 2000 schemes Natura 2000) and as well as in terms of exposure to natural flooding risks (alluvial meadows) and landslides or caving-in (banks near hillsides with hollowed out caves) and the associated requirements ( Flooding Risk Prevention Plan/PPRI in particular) ) Plan de Prévention des Risques d’Inondation (PPRI))
• analyse the extent of ownership across the site and delegations of authority of the Public Waterways Domain (DPF) operator Public Waterways Domain (DPF) among riverside authorities – Permits for Temporary Occupation, Agreements governing overlapping uses – and from the municipality to intermunicipal level

Plan the process in successive stages

• organise workshops with stakeholders to raise awareness of the sites and define joint development aims
• quantify the aims and identify the necessary developments for achieving these, with systematic consideration of the reversibility of infrastructure, which is a requirement in flood-prone areas
• locate developments depending on the capacity of the site, so as to avoid any adverse effects on the environment and landscapes
• perform trials-tests during events or activities hosted on the banks

Anticipate the site management conditions

• assess the technical and economic feasibility of the site's operation and upkeep in advance
• consider different ways the site could be adapted to changing use and their impacts on the environments and landscapes
• keep a close eye on the project management aspects to guarantee attainment of the development aims