It added to the decline in rail operations throughout the site. More specifically, the closure of the old Sernam Hall (Fig. 10.3) in 2001 caused the loss of several jobs. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Viotte site embodied a typical urban brownfield, breaking with its context. The steep drop in level between the northern sector and the southern sector, as well as the lack of vitality of in situ activities, accentuated the barrier created by the railways. Only a few jobs linked to the SNCF (the French National Railway Company) remained on site. The brownfield site has a global hold of 11 hectares in the city, including the surface occupied by railways and various neglected spaces. It is located at the intersection of the Charpais and Saint-Claude neighbourhoods, near the Battant neighbourhood and the glacis (paved wall) of Vauban ramparts, which was transformed into a public park in 2013. The Parc des Glacis, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, forms a green corridor towards the city centre. The urban brownfield is accessed mainly by Avenue de la Paix to the south and Rue Nicolas Bruand to the north. It benefits from a location that is both privileged-its proximity to the historical city centre-and strategic, due to the expanded transport offer of the Besaçon-Viotte railway station (TGV, regional train, tram, bus, etc.), which can help promote economic development.

Figure 10.2 is an aerial view of the brownfield site before the start of the regeneration project. Figure 10.7 locates the brownfield within the city of Besançon.įull size image 10.1.2 Description of the Urban Brownfield Regeneration Project Figures 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 give an overview of the initial situation of the brownfield site. Since 2008, the city of Besançon has been supporting a global project to reclaim the urban brownfield site surrounding the Viotte railway. The Pôle Viotte neighbourhood is designed as a new dense and mixed vibrant sustainable neighbourhood where it will be possible to work, live, do daily shopping, move around, or travel. The trigger for the regeneration project was the Viotte station’s transformation into a 2-ha multi-modal hub.

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