• Three years after the abandonment of the transfer from the airport to Notre-Dame-des-Landes, two devices will be put in place.

  • These are the right of abandonment and assistance with resale, financial support for owners who are too exposed to nuisance.

More than three years after the abandonment of the transfer from Nantes-Atlantique airport to Notre-Dame-des-Landes, the State has just announced, this Tuesday, the entry into force of two measures particularly awaited by elected officials and residents of surrounding municipalities. This is the right of abandonment and resale assistance, intended for certain owners (who acquired their home between December 31, 2010 and January 17, 2018) who can no longer endure the noise of planes.

The first of these accompanying rights, described as "exceptional", will be reserved for residents located where the air pollution is the strongest (62 decibels and more).

The Ministry of Transport and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation have estimated at 48 the number of eligible owners, in Saint-Aignan and Bouguenais, who can simply ask the State to buy their house.

"The purchase price must compensate for any lower gain or depreciation of their property due to the maintenance of the airport on the Nantes-Atlantique site", specifies the State.

Compensate for loss of value

The other measure, the resale aid, will concern more owners, more than a thousand, residents of Saint-Aignan, Bouguenais, but also Rezé. This time, the State undertakes to compensate for the shortfall of an owner who would succeed in selling his property, but at a lower price because of its location. Note that the device will have a retroactive effect since it also concerns sales made since January 17, 2018, the date of the announcement of the abandonment of the transfer.

The State, which speaks of measures "unprecedented" at the national level, specifies that "18 million euros have already been devoted to aid for the soundproofing of nearly 1,250 dwellings near the airport".

But other measures are still expected locally, and in particular support for the relocation of schools or the regulation of air traffic with the establishment of a curfew.

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