Our Renovation in Provence: The Builders Arrive
Up until now, Robin has been doing all of the renovation to standard building codes (he has done some serious homework and seems to be the only person around here actually following the rules). We knew we would always need a little help with one thing – knocking down the …
Up until now, Robin has been doing all of the renovation to standard building codes (he has done some serious homework and seems to be the only person around here actually following the rules). We knew we would always need a little help with one thing – knocking down the …
Aix – Changes Happening in Spades
The number of large cranes gives us a clue to the scale of the construction projects going on in Aix at the moment. Thirty projects are underway on just ten of them, including the building of a great new music venue, a new centre for digital industries and start-ups, a …
The number of large cranes gives us a clue to the scale of the construction projects going on in Aix at the moment. Thirty projects are underway on just ten of them, including the building of a great new music venue, a new centre for digital industries and start-ups, a …
RD9 Road near TGV station
Driving down to the airport recently, I noticed that work seems to be going well at the 3.6km road-widening chantier. It’s a notorious spot for fatal accidents (12 between 2004 and 2014) and rush-hour bottlenecks for the 40,000 motorists who use this road daily. So what’s happening there?
Driving down to the airport recently, I noticed that work seems to be going well at the 3.6km road-widening chantier. It’s a notorious spot for fatal accidents (12 between 2004 and 2014) and rush-hour bottlenecks for the 40,000 motorists who use this road daily. So what’s happening there?
Finally in our own Maison en Provence
Contributor blog post by Jeany Cronk @MirabeauWine As we know well from having read Peter Mayle’s tale of life and construction in Provence, nothing (apart from buying baguettes and Rosé) is ever easy in this neck of the woods. We do forget that construction is mostly a nightmare, wherever you are …
Contributor blog post by Jeany Cronk @MirabeauWine As we know well from having read Peter Mayle’s tale of life and construction in Provence, nothing (apart from buying baguettes and Rosé) is ever easy in this neck of the woods. We do forget that construction is mostly a nightmare, wherever you are …
Aix Centre-Ville: More Regeneration
Now that the area around the Rotonde is sorted – and it does look lots better – the authorities have turned their attention to another large area ripe for regeneration: the places des Precheurs, Verdun and Madeleine as well as rue Thiers.
Now that the area around the Rotonde is sorted – and it does look lots better – the authorities have turned their attention to another large area ripe for regeneration: the places des Precheurs, Verdun and Madeleine as well as rue Thiers.
