Griveaux's “Central Park” in Paris makes internet users laugh a lot

It is an amazing project to say the least. Benjamin Griveaux, the candidate invested by LREM in the municipal elections in Paris, wants to move the Gare de l'Est to the suburbs and create a "Parisian Central Park". The candidate, ranked third (15%) in voting intentions, wants to "plant a forest" instead of the Gare de l'Est to create a "new green lung" of around thirty hectares.

The reference to Central Park, symbol of New York with its 340 hectares, has caused much reaction on social networks. Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy mayor of Paris, questioned the feasibility of this colossal work, with a touch of humor. "I propose to move the Gare de Lyon to Lyon, so the train journey will be shorter," quipped the man who is also campaign director for Anne Hidalgo.

And that dares to give lessons in management and credibility ... I suggest moving the Gare de Lyon to Lyon, so the train journey will be shorter ... https://t.co/bwPlNG8TpK

"Would it also be possible to move the Seine further south? "

But this proposal, to say the least original, especially made many laugh Internet users, who gave themselves to heart to mock the project. "Would it also be possible to move the Seine further south so that I live on the quays?" Asked a surfer, as another Twitter user posted a photo of a tree planted in the middle of a lost track in a field.

Would it also be possible to move the Seine further south so that I live on the quays? Thank you. https://t.co/jSm3u0k6ry

In exclusivity, here is the first image of Benjamin Griveaux's project to put a Central Park at the Gare de l'Est. pic.twitter.com/jxZYIKZePF

Others did not hesitate to make fun of the LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, by proposing to "replace the Parisian rats with squirrels", or by using the future "ghost" metro stations to transform them into swimming pools.

I suggest that we replace the Parisian rats with cute squirrels to do like in Central Park

Benjamin Griveaux's Central Park is the new NKMhttps: //t.co/gQOdBIOx9Ihttps: //t.co/fhGNxm9h1L pic.twitter.com/dJtRSDwcNE

Many Internet users have also referred to Friends , the famous American series whose intrigue takes place in New York, and whose protagonists regularly meet in a bar called "the Central Perk"

The neighbors of the Gare de l'Est at the moment #CentralPark pic.twitter.com/3IJqxzJvmw

Benjamin Griveaux promises to submit this project, whose cost is estimated at around 1.5 billion euros, to a referendum, "in 2022, after two years of work and consultation with all (the) partners". Among the other proposals in his urban planning and ecology program, the LREM candidate for mayor of Paris wants to "replace the bitumen with grass" on the bank tracks, facilitate access to the island Les Cygnes, by connecting the "quays on the left bank by a vast area of ​​greenery and activities, with swimming pools. For this, river traffic will be closed, 15th arrondissement side, between the Grenelle and Bir-Hakeim bridges ”, for a total cost estimated at“ around 70 million euros ”.

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