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solutions, because the image of the Principality and challenges me. We also adapted certain is also investing heavily in rail, as well as in
during these events is important for everyone, sites scheduled for night works as soon as initiatives such as Klaxit - commuters do
not just for the government. we had the first reports from local residents not necessarily live near a station. We must
who could not sleep. For example, for the look carefully at traffic flows, their origin,
Has the crisis, with its consequences on the housing construction site which impacted re-do a post-Covid update and launch this
supply and rising prices of raw materials, the Dorsale tunnel, after having tested night interministerial reflection on mobility. We
had a financial impact on major Monégasque works, we decided, in consultation with the shall be accompanied by a mobility expert
construction sites? Department of Urban Amenities and the Police to challenge the various projects according
On public contracts, we have revision clauses Department, as well as with the developer, to to several criteria, such as the reduction
that take into account continue them during of greenhouse gas emissions, the cost
the increase in the “We shall be the day, keeping of financing and the acceptability by the
cost of raw materials. one lane, because population of certain modes of transport.
Today, we do not accompanied by closing the two We will arbitrate based on this set of criteria.
yet have enough traffic lanes caused
hindsight to assess a mobility expert too much congestion Have you carried out reverse planning for
the impact of this to challenge the for the population. the different stages (definition of criteria,
crisis - we will have it Experimentation appointment of experts, duration of the
mid-2023. Operators various projects is always rich in mission, etc)?
mention tensions in lessons, however From the start of the school year, we will
the supply of wood, according to unpleasant they may seriously tackle this mobility portfolio, in
steel and oil-related be. It allows us to particular by discussing the status of the
products. They are several criteria, react pragmatically, Brasca project with the French authorities. For
worried and some such as the ac cor din g t o each cross-border issue, we have an important
are suggesting buy- the p r ob l e ms dialogue with the neighbouring mayors, councils
ahead strategies. The reduction of encountered. and police.
Chambre Patronale
du B â timent greenhouse gas In terms of mobility, The energy transition and the objective
construction emissions…” at what stage are of carbon neutrality by 2050 are part of
managers’ chamber the projects for the the government’s roadmap. Where are we
has approached us. urban cable car, currently in 2022 in terms of emission
The government will study all the necessary metro (between Monaco and Nice or between reductions?
measures to secure the sites and their La Brasca and Monaco) or even maritime In 2019 we were at -19.65% compared to 1990
delivery. The Principality is in good health shuttles? When will arbitrations be made? and in 2020 we were at -31.8%. In 2020, there
and we must make sure to avoid any shortage There are several proposals for public was a drop in travel and transport due to the
of raw materials and the risk of ensuing and private projects but nothing has been Covid crisis and teleworking. I look forward to
unemployment. The government must be finalised yet. Mobility is one of my big issues. the figures for 2021 to appreciate the effects of
agile with decisions based on the problems I have observed, since taking office, the lockdown, which may have boosted the 2020
encountered. The crisis in Ukraine is the second consequences of construction sites, their results. Amongst the priorities that drive me, I
wave - the Covid crisis had already impacted installations, the resumption of post-Covid am particularly attached to the adaptation of the
construction, due to tensions over labour traffic, the behaviour of users and so on. We territory to the climate challenges of tomorrow.
management and social distancing measures. will soon be launching interministerial work
We were able to absorb these impacts thanks under the aegis of the Minister of State. How do the demands of the energy transition
to the extension of worksite hours. You have to ask the right questions. For apply to public construction sites (low-carbon
example, we have decarbonised our buses construction, connection to thalasso-thermal
Like with the heat wave this summer? but the commercial frequentation is not loops, no more air conditioning etc)?
The measures are indeed adapted to this there, because the buses are stuck in traffic To succeed in reaching the target of -55% GHG
exceptional situation. Building sites usually jams in certain areas. In terms of mobility, in 2030, we must continue to take measures
start work at 7:30 am. there is not a single, magic solution but a by constructing buildings that are as neutral as
network of solutions - namely car parks at possible, promoting thalasso-thermal loops. The
You mentioned people not being happy and the entrance to the city, coupled with bus Larvotto and La Condamine loops are operational
some are pointing to a decline in the quality season tickets to limit intramural traffic, and the one in Fontvieille has been extended.
of life car parks in peripheral areas requiring a It is not possible to connect all the buildings in
The feeling around town is difficult. We dialogue and collaboration with neighbouring the Principality but I have asked SeaWergie to
actually have a lot of feedback on the living municipalities, and perhaps other low-carbon make a projection of the optimal way forward
environment in connection with the multiplicity public transport such as a metro, a cable car with regard to the production capacities of this
of construction sites...All of this speaks to me system, or a combination of the two. Monaco virtuous network. We are, therefore, counting

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