The government commissioner within the housing company of the Brussels-Capital Region (SLRB), Laurence Demeulemeester (Groen), has lodged an appeal against the designation of the consortium responsible for building a new district on the Josaphat wasteland, placing an mortgage on the project, reports L’Écho on Friday.
On February 16, four Brussels public bodies in charge of housing validated the project to build 509 housing units on the old marshalling yard, an urban planning project at the heart of a political showdown between the majority partners PS and Greens in Brussels For years.
In her letter to the regional executive, Commissioner Groen considers that this decision to award the contract is contrary to previous government decisions which clearly indicated that a master development plan (PAD) had to be adopted before proceeding with the construction. awarding of the contract, which could not be done given the blockage within the government. Without this framework, the project faces urban planning, legal and financial uncertainties which make the project very vulnerable, according to the commissioner.
Problem: the government has 30 days, i.e. beyond mid-March, to rule on this appeal, which is suspensive. However, the consortium’s offers for the site expire on March 9, according to L’Écho.