Stakeholder dialogue to determine route corridors

Year

2013

Organisation

RTE

Description

In France, the Préfet decides on the participation of stakeholders in different committees, the number and themes of the committees and the number and format of the meetings. Participants normally include mayors, local associations and authorities. Usually, the non-organised public is not involved in the stakeholder dialogue unless the Préfet decides to organise public meetings.
Every step of the spatial planning is discussed in the committees. Together with the Préfet, they decide on the criteria, which RTE should consider when undertaking more detailed environmental, technical and social studies to determine route corridors. The committees finally vote for the corridor of “minimum environmental impact” that needs to be further detailed and examined. RTE uses the committees to actively engage external stakeholders, get their perspectives on different matters, and inform them about the current planning phase. This normally proves to be very successful, since good working relations are established. It nevertheless does not prevent opposition to the project. 

 

RGI gratefully acknowledges the EU LIFE funding support:

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