La Nacelle and Montconseil are two adjoining neighbourhoods which form a large deprived area characterised as an urban enclaves by a negative image and urban blight process.

Both neighbourhoods suffer from inside traffic problems and insecurity. However they benefit from quite good public services and equipments (schools, sport facilities), as well as businesses (shopping centre and neighbourhood shops) and good accessibility by public transportation.

Both neighbourhoods classified as priority urban development areas counting 6025 inhabitants cumulating social problems as financial precariousness and unemployment. 40 % of population between 15 and 24 years old are unemployed.

The City of Corbeil-Essonnes, a newer housing estate areas built in 1971 (39 951 citizens and 42% of social housing), is engaged in three urban renewal projects which concern more than a third of its population (50% of the population lives in an critical urban area(ZUS)). The aim is to change the appearance of the neighbourhood within five years. This ambitious project including demolition, rehabilitation, residentialisation and remodelling of sites planning should be finalised in 2009.

The case study presents the diagnostic and the context of the urban renewal project, the actions planned, the issues addressed, the measures carried out to solve the problems met, the approach and stakeholders, and the results of the project so far.

The renewal project has been extended to the entire neighbourhoods to constitute a global and coherent scheme at the local and at the neighbourhood scales: 

The urban renewal project of La Nacelle and Montconseil involves an important participative aspect around different actors, especially the inhabitants.

There has been both an improvement of the life for the residents and of the potential to attract a more diverse population.

A convention between the different actors is actually negotiated between ANRU, the City of Corbeil-Essonnes and social housing companies. The project is submitted to an annual evaluation by ANRU on its social, environment and economical impacts. A mid-term evaluation was carried out in October 2006 by a Workgroup on Urban Quality.

Inhabitants of La Nacelle and Montconseil are the main beneficiaries of the urban renewal project. The City of Corbeil-Essonnes benefits from social peace and reinforced communication between local actors.

The social housing companies, I3F, Logement Français and Opievoy renew their housing stock in a rebuilt environment, more adapted to new living standards and solve questions related to management of public and private spaces.

The cost of the urban renewal project in Montconseil is estimated to 151,3 millions euros, including 38,7 millions euros financed by National Agency of Urban Renewal (ANRU) and 53 millions euros by Immobilière 3F. La Nacelle project is estimated to 40 millions euros.

Immobilière 3F
M. Patrick Bridey (Director of Urban Renewal), tel. +33 1 40 77 15 15

01/01/2001

31/12/2009

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Urban Policy > Urban environment

Urban renewal