During the final assembly of the Golf de Serre-Ponçon association, the actions of the previous years had been offered. The huge project stays the creation of a golf course in the city of Crots at a spot referred to as La Garenne. “We are continuing to take care of our golf project in Crots, but this is not without difficulty. At the start of this file, the president of the community of municipalities of Serre-Ponçon told us that it would be an 18-hole golf course or nothing. From there a number of studies were conducted. In November 2020, we learned that the 18-hole golf course was no longer relevant, and that it would be a nine-hole course with the possibility of extension. During a meeting we indicated to the president our thoughts on the project and the fact that we are not very favorable to this development. She replied that it would be that or nothing, ”recollects President Jean-Louis Céard.
A disrupted project
He continues the story by recalling the 2 “no golf” demonstrations in April and June 2021. For him, the participation figures had been overestimated in comparison with actuality: “There were around fifty in April and around fifteen, so clearly decrease, in June when the zone to be defended (ZAD) was declared”.
Jean-Louis Céard signifies that the association has written to all of the mayors of the neighborhood of communes. A energy level is prepared for them however none of them requested for it. He stated that he attended with Gilles Rostaing, technical advisor, and Bernard Frin, president of the departmental golf committee, varied public conferences on the land growth tasks of the neighborhood of communes the place the golf project was mentioned, as properly than the one with the retailers of Embrun on December 8.
“A golf course foresees a positive result in two or three years”
“The president is a priori all the time in favor of the project, it arrange an financial viability research. Depending, this shall be returned after 2026. She stated passing the associated fee on to residents was out of the query. We know from the JB consulting research {that a} golf course gives a constructive outcome in two or three years. The Montgenèvre golf course would pay 50,000 euros per 12 months to its municipality. Crots’ downside is that nothing will transfer till the interior points are resolved. The president would comply with the creation of a driving vary, however we all know very properly that with out playgrounds they’re by no means beneficiaries, ”says Jean-Louis Céard.
Gilles Rostaing specifies that out of 12 golf programs in France positioned in mountain areas, just one is in deficit in the Pyrenees at Bagnères-de-Luchon, which operates beneath municipal administration.
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The workplace is made up of: Jean-Louis Céard president, Robert Agnel secretary, Max Pedeux treasurer, members Bernard Frin in cost of biodiversity, Jean-Claude Dhenain, and Gilles Rostaing technical adviser.