Yes to the big bypass, yes to the LGV to Toulouse and to Spain, but new infrastructures will not by themselves solve the road congestion problems of the department. Freshly re-elected at the head of the Bordeaux-Gironde Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Patrick Seguin has just unveiled his roadmap for his new mandate. And the business manager intends to (finally) move forward over the next five years, the mobility issue which is so agitating the debates.
“Mobility is a set of solutions to put in place, which are complementary, proclaims Patrick Seguin. It is regional planning of course, and a new north-south road is needed to solve the problem of trucks on the bypass, but it is also teleworking, as well as a new way of supporting companies. “Basically, better distribution of businesses in the department. “You have to explain to them that there are other solutions than setting up at the Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux. You can also set up your business in very nice places, not very far from the sea or the Landes forest. “
A “numeric valley” at the gates of Bordeaux?
The president of the CCI intends to use, for example, the recent delivery of the Amitié submarine telecommunication cable, at the Porge seaside resort, as a lever for the creation of a sort of “numeric valley” in the region. doors of Bordeaux. Partner of the Amitié project, Orange explains that this “mega cable” of 6,800 km of optical fiber, which connects the United States and France, “represents a great opportunity for the region, which will become an international digital hub, and will enable the ” setting up new data centers to support the growth of the local digital ecosystem. “
“This cable has unimaginable data capacities, confirms Patrick Seguin, and it arrives here, in Gironde, to irrigate all of Europe. I claim that we have an incredible chance to create a “numeric valley” between Bruges and Le Porge, where there is virgin territory and where we can attract talent because the environment is attractive. “
Reception platforms at the gates of the metropolis for last mile deliveries
This is for the flows between the territories. But there is also the question of travel in the metropolis, and in particular that of deliveries, which primarily interests the boss of the CCI. To remedy this, he calls for the creation of “reception platforms” at the gates of the metropolis which would be used “for craftsmen and for deliveries to the city center” explains Patrick Seguin.
“It’s a project that we started under Alain Juppé,” he continues, “and I ask that we relaunch it now, but for that we need a political decision. Carriers must be required to deliver on platforms, from which small electric vehicles will make last mile deliveries. Look at Sainte-Catherine Street in the morning, there are trucks everywhere. And sometimes they come to deliver a single package. “
To move these issues forward, Patrick Seguin would like the CCI “to become the meeting point for all those involved in mobility, to coordinate all of this and make a copy that is not just the road map for the metropolis or the south. Gironde. “