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Home > News and agenda > The contract for the first major works in sector 1 awarded
The Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe notified the contract concerning the first main works of sector 1 located between Compiègne and Passel. This was assigned to the group NORTH CONFLUENCES, made up of 9 medium-sized companies or SMEs, 2 of which are located in Hauts-de-France. This market will be executed over a provisional period of 26 months for a total amount of nearly 60 million euros excluding tax.
The contract includes three types of work:
This work will begin in September 2022.
In parallel with this work, the environmental improvements will resume from mid-September on several sites in the Oise and Verse valleys (Chiry-Ourscamp, Pimprez, Morlincourt, Appilly, Beaurains-lès-Noyon) with the creation of wetlands in particular. These developments, which extend over 165 hectares, were started last winter and are part of the program of nearly 400 hectares of environmental compensatory measures planned in accordance with the environmental authorization for sector 1 issued on April 8, 2021 by the state.
Find the companies of the North group confluences in the dedicated press release
To support this work, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal Company meets with local residents and users of the territory on a regular basis, and has set up an information and listening device.
Thus, the SCSNE teams are organizing a series of 4 meetings dedicated to the inhabitants of the municipalities concerned by this work:
A Information letter dedicated to the inhabitants of Compiégnois and Noyonnais is also sent regularly to the mailboxes of local residents, in order to keep them informed of the progress of the construction site near their homes. An issue dedicated to this work will be distributed at the beginning of July.
Find all the information on the Canal in Compiégnois-Noyonnais on the dedicated page: The Canal in Compiégnois-Noyonnais – Canal Seine Nord Europe (canal-seine-nord-europe.fr)
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