Greater Paris
The challenge: increasing Ile de France port network performance
The current debate revolving around the Greater Paris project is an opportunity: more than ever before, the river is perceived as being the backbone of the region, and port facilities as being a tool to develop the region and the whole of the Paris basin in a more sustainable way. It is the duty of the Port to seize this opportunity and take up the challenge.
After the rehabilitation of the Port of Tolbiac (Paris, 13th arrondissement), now it is the turn of Austerlitz and Victor-Issy-les-Moulineaux to see work starting, in 2009 or 2010.
In the more medium term, the creation of a port in Triel-sur-Seine (78) is moving forward after the general preliminary studies (environmental analysis and socio-economic review). The creation of the Boucle de Chanteloup OIN (Operation of National Interest) is contributing to local interest in the project.
The town of Achères lies to the west of Paris, in the Yvelines, on the Paris-Rouen-Le Havre river route at its junction with the Oise.
The Port has been working for several months on the development of a new 120-hectare multimodal platform to cope smoothly with expected container traffic growth, in partnership and consultation with local stakeholders and elected office-holders.
As a genuine gateway to the Ile de France region, the location and facilities of this platform in Achères will provide a perfect response to the potential traffic that is expected with the opening of the wide-gauge Seine Northern Europe Canal in 2015 and the extension of the Port of Le Havre.
Why Achères is a major asset for the Greater Paris project
With the future developments of the Greater Paris project, the Port of Achères would become central to organising and handling the rise in traffic on the Seine, alongside the other ports.
In its role as a developer, the Port is also studying the feasibility of building a larger port platform (500 hectares) to serve the region's development, while respecting the local environment and biodiversity and ensuring that all the stakeholders and decision-makers are involved and consulted.
