In 1995, the French State and the local authorities decided to join forces and go ahead with plans to restore the maritime character of Mont St Michel so as to ensure that the rock remains an island and the edifice a deeply spiritual place.
The State and the Joint Council, chaired by the president of the Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie, René Garrec, embarked on a full programme of surveys, which gave rise to the Detailed Engineering Programme in April 1999.
In addition to these surveys, over a 3-year period the Joint Council has been engaged in a preliminary dialogue with all members of the public concerned. The programme is all the clearer and richer for it.
This is the basis on which the joint investigation carried out by the government departments has enabled the Joint Council to finalize the programme prior to the public inquiries.
The operation is expected to cost € 140 million, jointly funded by the State and the local and regional authorities, with contributions from the European Union and the water board.
-> Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie
-> Conseil régional de Bretagne
-> Conseil général de la Manche
-> Conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine
See "The Need to act"
The project is a joint venture of
the French State through the Ministries in charge of:
- de l’Intérieur et de l’aménagement du territoire,
- des Transports, de l’équipement, du tourisme et de la mer,
- de l’Ecologie et du développement durable,
- de la Culture et de la communication.
and the Joint Council comprising Lower Normandy Region, Britanny Region, the Manche département and the villages of Mont St Michel,
Beauvoir and Pontorson.
The Joint Council receives financial backing from the European Community, the Ille et Vilaine département
and the Seine-Normandie Water Board .
Owner :
Syndicat mixte Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel
2 rue du Prieuré - 50170 Ardevon
FRANCE
Operation supervisor :
Mission Mont-Saint-Michel - Direction départementale de l'équipement de la Manche - 962, avenue de Paris
50006 Saint-Lô cedex
FRANCE
Contact :
Mathilde Charon / Joint Council communication
m.charon@rcm-mtstmichel.fr
00 33 (0)2 33 89 26 50
Claire Montémont / Press contact
claire.montemont@wanadoo.fr
00 33 (0)2 31 29 16 96
