Infrastructure · 10e

Canal Saint-Martin

The canal Saint-Martin, 4.55 km long, is located mainly in the 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris.

It links the bassin de la Villette — and beyond it the canal de l'Ourcq — to the port de l'Arsenal, which connects to the Seine. It is a small-gauge canal originally intended to supply the capital with drinking water. Inaugurated in 1825, it has nine locks and two swing bridges for a total elevation change of 25 m. Wikipedia ↗

Actually paid

11.9€M

Ordered (contract ceilings)

538k €

Works paid for, year by year11.9 €M

7 €M

See the 8 works programmes in detail (2010–2017)

CHOMAGE CANAL SAINT MARTIN8.3 €M TELECOMMANDE DU CANAL SAINT MARTIN2.9 €M CHOMAGE CANAL SAINT MARTIN274 k €CHOMAGE CANAL SAINT MARTIN179 k €VOUTE DU CANAL SAINT MARTIN164 k €VOUTE CANAL SAINT MARTIN126 k €VOUTE CANAL SAINT MARTIN26 k €TELECOMMANDE DU CANAL SAINT MARTIN0 k €

Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.

Contracts signed for this place538 k €

Transport de matériaux par bateau sur le canal Saint-MartinBATAIL-LOG · 2024500 k €Organisation et surveillance de la baignade estivale dans le canal Saint-Martin.SSO ACTIVE · 202438 k €

Maximum amount set in the contract, not the final spend: what was actually paid on each contract is not published by the City. Each line links to the contract record.

Key moments

FEBRUARY 2000Lighting up the canal, at what priceThe Council authorized the contract for illuminating the canal's covered vault; a councillor from the 11th arrondissement disputed "prestige works" costed at "more than two million".

APRIL 2000Rebuilding the canal's historic basinsThe Council approved the principle of rebuilding the Louis-Blanc and Récollets basins and authorized signing the project management contracts.

NOVEMBER 2003A cultural venue sets up along the canalThe Council authorized an occupancy agreement with the association La Caserne Éphémère on the canal's public waterway domain, at the Louis-Blanc basin.

SEPTEMBER 2008Draining the canal to maintain itThe Council approved the principle of a project management assignment for dewatering (draining) the canal.

DECEMBER 2023The major redevelopment announced for 2026A motion called for applying for the Quiet label; the deputy mayor detailed the noise-reduction measures of a redevelopment of the canal announced for 2026.

MAY 2024Swimming in the canal, in the summer of the GamesThe Council unanimously approved free access to summer 2024 swimming spots, including those in the designated area of the canal Saint-Martin.

See 2 more moments

OCTOBER 2005Local residents against the price of festive appealA question from the U.M.P. group denounced nuisances affecting local residents; the deputy mayor detailed enhanced street cleaning and referred noise and alcohol issues to the Prefecture.

FEBRUARY 2007The canal, a refuge for a homeless encampmentA motion from the Greens demanded assurance that no eviction of the encampment along the canal would take place without providing shelter; the prefect said he was not planning one.

AI reading of 37 documents out of the 746 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

In the Municipal Bulletin

In the Bulletin municipal officiel, the canal Saint-Martin first appears as a waterway to be operated and maintained. As early as July 1883, the Bulletin announced ten days of closure (dewatering) of the canal, from 1 to 11 July. In June 1894, it recorded the canal's towage concession in the fourth reach being put out to tender, on the report of Mr Paris: the concession was then open to competition, and not yet awarded. The canal does not reappear until November 1962, when the Prefect of the Seine was questioned about the reasons why the barge-towing service had been interrupted for so long, and about the measures taken by the Administration. Only three passages, but all following the same line: that of a waterway whose closure, operation, and then interrupted traffic are being regulated.

Read the 3 citations in the municipal bulletin archives (Gallica)

1883“Canal Saint-Martin. — 10 days of closure, from 1 July to 11 July … Canal Saint-Martin. —”

1894“1376. — Putting the towage concession in the fourth reach of the canal Saint-Martin out to tender (Mr Paris, rapporteur) … June 1905, by which the Prefect of th…”

1962“Prefect of the Seine on the reasons why the barge-towing service was interrupted for so long on the canal Saint-Martin, and on the measures the Administration h…”

Account written by AI from the selected extracts of the city’s official bulletin — each extract links to the scanned page on Gallica.

Sources

Conseil de Paris (Débat-Délibs) ↗ · Bulletin municipal officiel (Gallica/BnF) ↗ · CA annexes, Ville de Paris · Wikipédia ↗

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