Major works in the Commerce-Feydeau public space have joined allée Brancas.

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F. Brenon / 20Minutes

"We are not about to see the end of it," laments a trader.

After a break due to confinement, work to transform the Commerce-Feydeau public space has resumed with full force this summer in Nantes.

The huge project, launched in early 2019, tackled the emblematic Place du Commerce and the Brancas alley.

Objective: to redo the earthworks and paving that will form the junction with the future pedestrian plateau dotted with flower beds and benches.

Cars will no longer have their place and pedestrian crossings will be made on a platform free of obstacles.

A first idea of ​​the final result is also visible on the Duguay-Trouin side.

The florists' kiosk dismantled in 2021

"The goal is to transform this dark and asphalted space into a green and airy place," confirms Thomas Quéro, deputy mayor in charge of town planning.

Local residents tell us that they are already finding quality.

The arrangements will be discovered gradually but they should help to improve the atmosphere.

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The surroundings of the Duguay-Trouin alley, after works.

- F. Brenon / 20Minutes

However, it will take patience because the schedule, readjusted since the Covid-19, promises a delivery only at the end of 2022. The rehabilitation work of the tram platform, which will lead to an interruption of line 1, has been postponed to the summer 2021. Work on the Place du Commerce and allée Brancas will be interrupted this fall in order to accommodate the Christmas market.

The florists' kiosk has been granted a reprieve until January 2021, before its final dismantling.

The cobblestones of the upper part of the Place du Commerce have been renewed.

- F. Brenon / 20Minutes

"Frankly, there was a need"

The 10-month closure of the Commerce underground car park has also been postponed to February.

As for the realization of the first fountains, which will have for mission to evoke the “past presence of the Loire in this place”, it should finally begin in the coming days.

“It's going to be super long,” says Nassima, a user of tram line 1.

But hey, frankly, there was a need.

It's ugly place.

And super badly attended I find.

The work will cost nearly 30 million euros at the expense of the metropolis.

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