Pays Noyonnais: the developments of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal specified

In detail, the technical optimizations made to the project in the Noyonnais are:

• raising the section of the canal (the reach) by 1,50 m between the two Noyonnais locks to limit earth movements by 1,1 million m³ ;
• adjusting the route to avoid impacts on the Mont-Renaud commercial area;
• the detailed definition of road restorations;
• moving the turning basin and the quay of the inner port of Catigny to the south;
• moving the Campagne lock to Catigny, to reduce the footprint on agricultural land (-10,2 ha) and the necessary earthworks (-1,8 million m³ );
• detailed integration work on the outskirts of Catigny (crossings, paths, landscaping, restoration of the sources of the Mève);
• an optimization of the surfaces and the location of the land for the reception of the surplus materials, which will be given priority after their development to agriculture, and failing that, valued in landscaped areas.

Many aspects of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal project will still need to be clarified during the next phase of studies in 2021 and 2022: development of the banks and access to the canal, landscape and environmental integration, organization of the works... All this will continue to to be conducted in close consultation with the territory and its inhabitants to make the Canal a success together in the Noyonnais.