After thorough research, a programme has been drawn up of modifications needed to ensure that Mont St Michel recovers pride of place as the central feature of the Bay, amid a seascape of sands constantly being reshaped by tidal and river water.
In the period 1995-1999, scientific work, supervised by a panel of international experts, was conducted on sediment and water management in the search for long-term, environmentally-friendly solutions.

A scale model was used in a study carried out by the SOGREAH consultants hydraulics laboratory
-> Hydrosedimentary brochure.

An environmental survey was made between 1997 and 2001 to mesure the effects of the project.
-> Environmental brochure.

The modifications will have a positive long-term effect on the Bay environment, which was the very purpose of the exercise.

Far from being an irreversible environmental eyesore to upstage the Mont, the modifications will blend unobtrusively into the background.

With the tides and currents of the Couesnon the scars will slowly disappear. Soon all the modifications will have faded out of sight. Visitors will be left with the untrammelled presence of the Mont rising up once more out of the sands.