The prefecture posted this Sunday, July 28 at 12 p.m Gironde under orange heat wave warning, the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, held a press conference to recall the system in his municipality. The orange level then causes the closure of some places such as Bordeaux Lac beach, Judaaïque, Tissot, Galin and Stehelin pools (20:00, emptying of pools at 19:45). The same goes for parks and public gardens: the Botanical Garden…
The prefecture posted this Sunday, July 28 at 12 p.m Gironde under orange heat wave warning, the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, held a press conference to recall the system in his municipality. The orange level then leads to the closure of some places such as Bordeaux Lac beach, Judaaïque, Tissot, Galin and Stehelin pools (20:00, emptying of pools at 19:45). It’s the same in public parks and gardens: the Bastide botanical garden and the Public garden now stay open until 11 p.m., and Bordeaux Park, Bechade park and the Jardin des Dames de la foi until 10 p.m. The goal: to allow everyone to find some refreshment outside their home.
“We also want to inform our fellow citizens as well as possible with an online map showing all the cooling areas and 200 fountains in the city,” said Pierre Hurmic. We want to protect especially the most vulnerable people, which I think is a priority to the elderly. We’ve had a heat wave record that we’ve been adding to for several years now. There are 600 isolates registered there, and we have to call them once or more a day to find out how they are getting on from their hot episodes. »
36 thousand trees were planted
Another part of this heatwave plan concerns the homeless. The town hall announces more frequent raids, “distribution of water bottles to quench their thirst.” In addition to this population, which is targeted because they are fragile, the mayor continues, “we want to invite residents to go to cool islands, museums or libraries, where they will naturally be welcomed in the event of a very strong episode. We have also installed misters in the city, there are about thirty of them, pergolas…” Among these shelters, the old church of Saint-Rémi (rue Jouannet) is open to anyone who offers the relative freshness of its old stones.
If the heat wave plan responds to occasional heat surges (the current episode is announced as including Wednesday, July 31), the municipality insists on “long-term measures to adapt the city to these heat episodes, which we know will be stronger and more frequent.” We are lucky to have a magnificent monumental city, but it remains a stone city with many heat islands. As the mayor, my duty is to restore the vegetation of the city. These are responses to the climate emergency I declared when I arrived in July 2020. This includes mass plantings. We have already planted 36,000 trees in prohibited places, streets, squares, sidewalks. Including micro forests that bring freshness to local residents. We are also interested in greening, We are completely renovating the courtyards of our 115 schools and 25 municipal kindergartens. The tree is the best tool in the fight against global warming. »
In addition, Bordeaux Métropole has adopted a “Cleaning Metropolis” program, which includes long-term measures in 2023. The idea is to create oases of freshness in the 28 municipalities that make up the intercommunity. The goal: no resident should be more than 300 meters from one of these oases.