The mayor of Villenoy, in Seine-et-Marne (77), is ready to do anything to ban the construction of social housing in his city. At least, that’s what the Administrative Court of Melun thought, which has just canceled a decision of the city councilor, namely the ban on the circulation of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes in the rue de l’ Arquebuse where the future construction site is located.
The judge is surprised that “public transport vehicles as well as household waste collection vehicles“are not also prohibited in the famous street, reports The Parisian . The judge therefore suspended the decree issued by the town hall. He considers that the unlabeled mayor Emmanuel Hude has “on several occasions publicly stated his opposition to the (social housing) project accepted by his predecessorand that the order for construction vehicles aims to prevent the construction of the 27 social housing units or at least to obstruct them.
Flood risk?
The mayor defends himself by assuring that risks of flooding threaten the roadway as in June 2018 and July 2021. The road has already been weakened by underground leaks following a rupture of the pipe due to the passage of a vehicle of more than 3.5 tons in December 2022 and the municipality does not wish to take the risk of seeing it again endangered. Contacted by Le Figarothe mayor did not wish to speak on this subject.
Emmanuel Hude did not stop there since he had the municipal council vote for the pre-emption of the land, a device which allows town halls to carry out urban development operations of general interest. “It is possible but you need a structuring project or there is none», denounces Sébastien Paris, the property developer with the Parisian. A new stage in this judicial soap opera. It is up to the judge of the administrative court to decide on the legitimacy of the town hall to preempt the land, knowing that the magistrates have already dismissed the town hall of Villenoy three times.