Regional news. Plaine Commune celebrates its tenth birthday by launching an ambitious development plan.

Plaine Commune, the second-largest agglomeration community in Paris Region, is celebrating its tenth birthday by launching an ambitious development plan. The eight towns belonging to the intercommunal structure – Aubervilliers, Epinay-sur-Seine, La Courneuve, L’Ile-Saint-Denis, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Saint-Denis, Stains and Villetaneuse – recently approved a five-year investment plan (2010-2015) as part of the sustainable development plan approved in 2007 (the ‘Plan d’Aménagement et de Développement Durable’, abbreviated as PADD). One of the flagship projects covers public planning schemes, including urban and residential development projects like the Ecoquartier (eco-neighbourhood) on Ile-Saint-Denis in the Seine river, the ZAC-Canal (Canal business park) in Aubervilliers and Campus Condorcet (see article (in french only)

To find out more, read the Plaine Commune sustainable development plan in full (French only).

Plaine-Commune in brief:
Dynamic economic sectors:
Banking/insurance
ICT
Energy (EDF)
Aerospace (Eurocopter, Delage Aéro, Précilec)

Transport links
Extension of two Metro lines (12 and 13), two RER (high-speed metro) lines (B and D), light railway, two motorways (A86 and A1), three planned light railway links and a proposed TGV (high-speed rail) station.

Teaching and research:
Plaine-Commune has a total of 1,500 university research/teaching staff, divided between three institutions (Paris 8, Paris 13 and CNAM) and 40,000 students. The community also has two technology platforms – focused on engineering/production materials and art/science/technology – whose role is to forge links between the research centres and innovative businesses.

Real estate:
In 2009, the agglomeration community offered 1,400,000 m² of office space, with plans for a further 926,000 m² to be developed.

Source: Les Echos du 17/02/2010; www.plainecommune.fr

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