May 28th will see the return of the thrice-weekly Food Market to the newly-pedestrianised and smartly-paved Places Verdun-Precheurs where it was up to 2016. The Textile and Brocante stalls will stay in the cours Mirabeau, and the two areas will be linked by the Artisanat Market which will occupy rue Thiers.
One difference with the new layout will be that the cafes around the food market will have space for small terraces which just wasn’t possible before.
New trees are being planted and include large-leafed limes, cypresses, flowering fruit trees, olive trees and Judas trees.
It’s been a tough, messy and noisy three years for businesses and local families alike; hopefully this new public space, the town’s second largest after the cours, will bring prosperity to both.
Aix mayor Marysse Joissains will declare the area OPEN on 24th May.
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