2024-01-11 21:48:19
During the harvest season in the heart of summer, barges fill up with wheat in front of the immense silos of Vaux-le-Pénil (Seine-et-Marne) on the banks of the Seine. Intended for export, the cargo from the Valfrance agricultural cooperative is transported to Rouen (Seine-Maritime), the leading European grain port. It crosses the capital between two riverboats loaded with tourists. Except that for the 2024 vintage, the harvests could remain at the dock for long days due to the Olympic Games.
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“A worst-case scenario that we cannot envisage, we have sounded all the alarm bells,” says Laurent Vittoz, general director of the company supplied by 1,400 farms in Seine-et-Marne and Oise. . At the end of November, the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region announced the complete closure of river traffic in Paris a week before the historic opening ceremony scheduled for July 26. A decision to allow the security of the Seine and the organization of the final rehearsals for the Olympic parade. In the following days, navigation may still be disrupted, especially during aquatic events such as marathon swimming and triathlons.
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