Revitalizing Port Bourgenay
Inaugurated in 1985 in the commune of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, Port Bourgenay, which has 650 moorings, is going to benefit from a major rejuvenation operation. The Vendée Grand Littoral community of municipalities, which runs the port and its neighboring town of Jard-sur-Mer, is taking advantage of a favorable schedule to invest heavily, as port director Fabrice Guyon explains: "2023 corresponds to the end of the port concessions. Port Bourgenay is almost 40 years old and needed renewal. We want to turn the port toward the future."
Improving the offer on the port and the services
While maintenance work on the waterfront infrastructure continues, with regular dredging, adaptation of pontoons and catways to modern vessels and the end of the raising of piles to cope with climatic risks, the Port Bourgenay Demain plan focuses on the commercial offer on land. The 2 shipyards in the port, the Jeanneau Atlantica concession and Héol Performance of the Dutreux brothers, which employ around twenty people, are keeping their premises. Vendée Grand Littoral is going to invest in the commercial areas.
The Ports Director states: "There are between 1200 and 1300 m2 of commercial space. We are going to create a new complex in one stroke, and open the entrance to the port so that the person arriving sees the sea directly, and not the back of the shops. We will find the harbour master's office, the tourist office, services for boaters, shops and restaurants. They are not very well adapted today with floors and terraces. The future shops will be on one level, with adjoining terraces and the pedestrian roof will be public, with a panoramic restaurant."
The schedule provides for a transition period for the concessions, before starting work in three phases between 2024 and 2026, with the successive construction of the harbour master's office, the retail centre and the development of public spaces.
