This is clearly not the subject on which the municipality is the most talkative. It is therefore not surprising to see that the extension of the MeM’s occupation lease was done on the sly. The document signed by Mayor Nathalie Appéré and spotted by the Alter1fo site is however clear. The agreement for the occupation of the public domain attributed to the Center for the production of contemporary words (CPPC, which manages the MeM and the Mythos festival) will be extended for two years to end on December 31, 2024. taste of local residents, who complain of significant noise pollution and denounce the impunity of the MeM.
In Rennes, the place has nevertheless become essential. The marquee installed at the Prévalaye since 2019 offers one of the most beautiful musical programs in the Breton capital. Right next door, its guinguette bordering the Vilaine is one of the essential places to have a drink on sunny days. This attractiveness, no one questions it. The problem is that this “very different place” as he likes to call himself generates noise pollution for local residents. Several reports certifying that legal standards have been exceeded have been produced, but the daily life of the inhabitants of the Sainte-Foix road has not changed. “How many reports will it take? “asked the members of the collective at the time of the filing of the complaint.
A very preferential rate pinned by the Court of Auditors
Installed in a natural ecological area, the equipment was to move in the spring to set up a few tens of meters further in a new, much better soundproofed marquee. Except this one isn’t ready. The Rennes municipality, which pays several hundred thousand euros in subsidies to the Mythos festival, had made a major effort by offering its land at a low price. In 2021, the regional court of auditors had underlined a number of points of contention in site management. The MeM guinguette, although managed by a private subsidiary, then benefited from a preferential rate of 5,000 euros in rent per year. An amount usually reserved for associations. Without this favor, the fee would have been more than 500,000 euros according to the Court of Auditors.