Lafarge defends a "sharp reduction" in capacity for its Port de Javel concrete plant

This solution "was proposed (...) within the framework of the consultation initiated with the residents and the public authorities since September", declared to AFP a spokesperson for LafargeHolcim France, while the ecologist party EELV had presented Monday the expansion of the plant as "an aberration on the ecological level".

The cement manufacturer indicates that his plan is to increase the capacity of the plant, located at Porte de Javel, "from 120.000 m3 of concrete per year, as originally planned, to 80.000 m3 as announced in discussions with local residents".

The installation will continue to depend on an authorization, "but will change regime, from the registration to the declaration" which confirms (...) that it is not a project of extension of the power station but well of modernization, "said the spokesperson.

According to the group, its request to withdraw the existing authorization "thus consolidates its commitments vis-à-vis the stakeholders of the consultation".

For its part, EELV had asked Monday "the resumption of the consultation of the population", affirming that the cancellation of the authorization "will allow the Lafarge company to file another less restrictive operating project, below the thresholds regulations and laws requiring consultation of the population ".