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Please find below a translated copy of the local newspaper in the Dunkirk area.
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Region> Dunkirk and surrounding> Grand-Fort-Philippe
Motorhomes: Urban Community of Dunkirk wants to address the problem of illegal parking
PUBLISHED ON 08.21.2015
BY OLIVIER DUFOURG
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Gravelines in Bray-Dunes via Malo, and Leffrinckoucke Zuydcoote, illegal parking of motorhomes is a problem that has never been solved. Spurred Dhersin Franck, Vice President for Tourism and Recreation CUD, a reflection will be launched in September.
In many seaside towns, illegal parking of motor homes became, according to some politicians, "a real affair of state" or even a debate that turned into agonizing drama. On the one hand ? Traders who see a good eye the arrival of potential customers. On the other ?Extremely unhappy residents of that link a visual invasion (unpacking tables, chairs, barbecues under their windows) and the discharge of waste water and waste oil into the gutter. And in the middle? Conscious of elected caused discomfort and at the same time, the economic benefits for their communities.
Direction camping ...
Illustration of this problem to Grand-Fort-Philippe when campers are becoming more numerous, according to the mayor, Sony Clinquart. In the absence of suitable parking area, the chosen, anxious to reassure the locals while wishing to retain the tourist (summer in Grand-Fort has never been as lively as this year), had to first moved the location previously reserved for motorhomes (flaccid Spaniards) to the seafront boulevard Marchal.
Only problem? "The regulations are very strict, and as for the flange to the Spanish, the place chosen by my predecessor (Joel Demazières) Marchal Boulevard is within a perimeter of 500 m around a preserved site," says Sony Clinquart. And if we add that some sectors of Grand-Fort are classified into flood zones (which led to the cancellation of real estate programs), we say that the problem is the puzzle ...
Pending a definitive solution, that could be realized thanks to the approach initiated by the urban community (read below), Sony Clinquart and his team decided to focus motorhomes to the municipal campground Beach (83 pitches, 60 of which can accommodate): "Uponreflection, it turned out that my city enjoyed a campsite with public service delegation. We therefore turned to his manager to establish a fair partnership, which means that the motorhome are invited to head this equipment at a great price, including toilet and small logistics. "
Meanwhile, the elected continues to look for another site that would allow a parking by the day, from 8 am to 19 pm for example. "We have targeted one or two courses, but have not yet arrested any choice." And the mayor insisted, "It is time to stop the bickering and discord around a true concern about it, but compared to the difficulties in perspective of our territory."
A working meeting in late September
What is the availability of parking for campers in the area? What are the needs in the municipalities concerned (Gravelines, Grand-Fort-Philippe, Dunkirk Bray-Dunes, Zuydcoote and Leffrinckoucke)? What can be the accompanying measures proposed by the CUD? These questions will be listed on the agenda of a meeting to be held Monday, September 28th, at the community hotel, at the invitation of Franck Dhersin Mayor Téteghem and vice president of the Metropolitan Dunkirk (CUD), in charge of Tourism and Recreation.
"Today we are in a phase of listening to make all the right decisions, says the one. Our approach has real economic sense because of the motorhome market, which is experiencing strong growth, is our territory a real opportunity for tourism development, economic benefits and jobs. But today, what's happening? We see tens of thousands of motorhome passing on the A16 and three-quarters who never stop! "
Keen to organize, support and define a policy for the level of the agglomeration, the CUD is therefore organizing this first working meeting to which are invited elected officials and managers of campsites. "There will perhaps not an area in each municipality for the hour is pooling "concludes Franck Dhersin. This means that Gravelines Grand Fort and could maybe even have a common area, as Bray-Dunes and Zuydcoote or Malo and Leffrinckoucke. The objective is to develop areas within two or three years.
Parking: What the law says
A camper owners can park in one place for up to 72 hours, "provided that it does so as a normal vehicle, that is to say without deploying his footstool in its hold, its canopy and without unpacking anything on the public highway (tables, chairs, barbecues, etc.) "illustrates Jean-Pierre Tessier, manager of the municipal campsite Plage, Grand-Fort-Philippe. He added: "At national level, illegal parking of campers representing a loss of 4,000 seasonal jobs and 11 million euros for communities."
If it does not meet these obligations outside the reserved areas, the camper owners be fined, and beyond a week of parking, removal of the vehicle.
Forgot to mention, the newspaper was : http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/
Please find below a translated copy of the local newspaper in the Dunkirk area.
No opinion from me, just for info. Regards
Region> Dunkirk and surrounding> Grand-Fort-Philippe
Motorhomes: Urban Community of Dunkirk wants to address the problem of illegal parking
PUBLISHED ON 08.21.2015
BY OLIVIER DUFOURG
React
The newspaperof the day from0.79 €
Gravelines in Bray-Dunes via Malo, and Leffrinckoucke Zuydcoote, illegal parking of motorhomes is a problem that has never been solved. Spurred Dhersin Franck, Vice President for Tourism and Recreation CUD, a reflection will be launched in September.
In many seaside towns, illegal parking of motor homes became, according to some politicians, "a real affair of state" or even a debate that turned into agonizing drama. On the one hand ? Traders who see a good eye the arrival of potential customers. On the other ?Extremely unhappy residents of that link a visual invasion (unpacking tables, chairs, barbecues under their windows) and the discharge of waste water and waste oil into the gutter. And in the middle? Conscious of elected caused discomfort and at the same time, the economic benefits for their communities.
Direction camping ...
Illustration of this problem to Grand-Fort-Philippe when campers are becoming more numerous, according to the mayor, Sony Clinquart. In the absence of suitable parking area, the chosen, anxious to reassure the locals while wishing to retain the tourist (summer in Grand-Fort has never been as lively as this year), had to first moved the location previously reserved for motorhomes (flaccid Spaniards) to the seafront boulevard Marchal.
Only problem? "The regulations are very strict, and as for the flange to the Spanish, the place chosen by my predecessor (Joel Demazières) Marchal Boulevard is within a perimeter of 500 m around a preserved site," says Sony Clinquart. And if we add that some sectors of Grand-Fort are classified into flood zones (which led to the cancellation of real estate programs), we say that the problem is the puzzle ...
Pending a definitive solution, that could be realized thanks to the approach initiated by the urban community (read below), Sony Clinquart and his team decided to focus motorhomes to the municipal campground Beach (83 pitches, 60 of which can accommodate): "Uponreflection, it turned out that my city enjoyed a campsite with public service delegation. We therefore turned to his manager to establish a fair partnership, which means that the motorhome are invited to head this equipment at a great price, including toilet and small logistics. "
Meanwhile, the elected continues to look for another site that would allow a parking by the day, from 8 am to 19 pm for example. "We have targeted one or two courses, but have not yet arrested any choice." And the mayor insisted, "It is time to stop the bickering and discord around a true concern about it, but compared to the difficulties in perspective of our territory."
A working meeting in late September
What is the availability of parking for campers in the area? What are the needs in the municipalities concerned (Gravelines, Grand-Fort-Philippe, Dunkirk Bray-Dunes, Zuydcoote and Leffrinckoucke)? What can be the accompanying measures proposed by the CUD? These questions will be listed on the agenda of a meeting to be held Monday, September 28th, at the community hotel, at the invitation of Franck Dhersin Mayor Téteghem and vice president of the Metropolitan Dunkirk (CUD), in charge of Tourism and Recreation.
"Today we are in a phase of listening to make all the right decisions, says the one. Our approach has real economic sense because of the motorhome market, which is experiencing strong growth, is our territory a real opportunity for tourism development, economic benefits and jobs. But today, what's happening? We see tens of thousands of motorhome passing on the A16 and three-quarters who never stop! "
Keen to organize, support and define a policy for the level of the agglomeration, the CUD is therefore organizing this first working meeting to which are invited elected officials and managers of campsites. "There will perhaps not an area in each municipality for the hour is pooling "concludes Franck Dhersin. This means that Gravelines Grand Fort and could maybe even have a common area, as Bray-Dunes and Zuydcoote or Malo and Leffrinckoucke. The objective is to develop areas within two or three years.
Parking: What the law says
A camper owners can park in one place for up to 72 hours, "provided that it does so as a normal vehicle, that is to say without deploying his footstool in its hold, its canopy and without unpacking anything on the public highway (tables, chairs, barbecues, etc.) "illustrates Jean-Pierre Tessier, manager of the municipal campsite Plage, Grand-Fort-Philippe. He added: "At national level, illegal parking of campers representing a loss of 4,000 seasonal jobs and 11 million euros for communities."
If it does not meet these obligations outside the reserved areas, the camper owners be fined, and beyond a week of parking, removal of the vehicle.
Forgot to mention, the newspaper was : http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/
