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Monaco on foot

by Milena Radoman
Walking is still the most ecological and economical way to get around in Monaco...
But creating pedestrian connections represents a cost for the state.

conversely minimised,” declared the President
of the Finance Commission, Franck Julien,
taking “good note that this route is envisaged
as a substitute for the cable car project which
had been planned a few years ago.”
Monaco regularly invests in pedestrian
connections, often to avoid pedestrian
congestion. For example, an underground
© Tous droits réservés leaving the station, crossing the Sainte-Dévote
gallery was built to reduce pedestrian traffic
bridge, this flow having the effect of slowing
down car traffic, particularly during rush hour.
La future passerelle Fontvieille / Future Fontvieille Footbridge
Work on the 80-metre-long link lasted almost
A pedestrian connection worth €102 million up to the place des Bougainvilliers, it will two years, at a cost of €10 million.
(2024 Initial Budget): this is what the future contribute to opening up an outlying district Monaco has a tradition of mechanised
Salines pedestrian route between the boulevard by a means other than the use of roads or connections. In total, the Principality has 80
de Belgique and the Condamine district will cars, to beautifying the living environment lifts, 37 escalators and 8 travelators. Monaco
cost. “This new contemporary structure, of the Principality and therefore adding to its has even financed a large part of the investment
inspired by the Monégasque cliffs, will attractiveness,” explained the Minister of State, in 12 escalators built in Beausoleil since 2018,
establish continuity between the boulevard Pierre Dartout, during the last budget sessions. some €5 million out of €11 million - and this
de Belgique, the promenade Honoré II and The cost of the operation made ministers wince is perhaps just the beginning. The Mayor of
the Rocher. As part of the continuity of a (even though they support the construction of Beausoleil, Gérard Spinelli, wishes to install
pedestrian path starting at the Jardin Exotique, a metro, which is much more expensive...). 13 additional escalators, in particular on a
spanning the boulevard from the terrace of “This pedestrian continuity is particularly new axis from the François d'Assise-Nicolas
the Parking des Salines, continuing past the costly in a period where revenues are not Barré Institute to the avenue Prince Rainier
Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology and yet acquired and other projects, for which a III main road.
ending on the promenade Honoré II promenade return on investment was expected, are now

© Tous droits réservés Liaison Jardin Exotique - Promenade Honoré II / Connection Exotic Garden - Promenade Honoré II

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