Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux -

Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

  • Traders will have the opportunity to install barnums in front of their shops.

  • In very commercial streets, directions of movement will be established, and mediators will ensure to avoid crowds.

  • Shops can also open until 9 p.m.

For the mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic, the decision of the President of the Republic announced Tuesday evening to reopen the shops on November 28, "was not a surprise", and "we had anticipated", he assures.

This Wednesday, he unveiled some measures that will be put in place in Bordeaux to support this reopening.

“We are ready to make it easier for traders, and we are studying the possibility of installing barnums [which would be placed in front of shops for example to make gift packages].

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"Crowding is the failure of any prevention policy"

The mayor insists: “we must facilitate their use of public space.

"And the municipality also" has a duty "to help them" to enforce health protocols.

"Thus, in streets" very commercial, such as Sainte-Catherine, Porte-Dijeaux and Trois-Conils streets, we are going to institute traffic directions that will be signposted.

"Mediators will also be present" to monitor the fact that there are no gatherings in front of the businesses.

"The gathering is really the failure of any prevention policy, launches Pierre Hurmic. We must prevent the public space from being conducive to the spread of the virus.

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The councilor believes that “our duty is to help our commercial fabric to make up for the very difficult weeks that it has been able to live, and we are in favor of the opening of businesses until 9 pm.

“Bordeaux shops will also be able to open on Sundays, even if this was already the case for most of them even before the health crisis.

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  • Aquitaine

  • Bordeaux

  • Covid 19

  • Confinement

  • Coronavirus

  • Trade

  • Pierre Hurmic