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Porte Maillot

Porte Maillot (square, 16th arrondissement): €16k paid by the City in 2021, 36 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.

Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.

€16k
paid by the City for this place in 2021

The Porte Maillot, located in the middle of Paris's historical axis, is one of the western entrances to Paris and forms an interchange between the boulevard périphérique (ring road), the Étoile and La Défense, via the Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Wikipedia ↗

One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City

What the City funds here

A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.

At the Conseil de Paris

6 moments chosen from the 36 deliberations about this place.

SEPTEMBER 2017Consultation review approved; overlapping works planned for more than six yearsApproval of the report on the public consultation prior to the redevelopment, with three motions on a general coordinator, the affected businesses and points of vigilance; the councillors describe interlocking works sites scheduled to last more than six years.Read the decision ↗
FEBRUARY 2012Garden named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the choice disputed in sessionNaming of the square's garden as "jardin Alexandre Soljenitsyne", contested in session over the writer's positions, with the deputy mayor pointing out that the choice was settled in committee.Read the decision ↗
DECEMBER 2004€39.7M released from the €40M provision for the legal disputeThe Council authorizes the release of 39,725,590 euros from the 40,000,000-euro provision set aside for the Porte Maillot litigation.Read the decision ↗
APRIL 2002The City found three-quarters liable to two firms after the development zone was scrappedExpert appraisal contract ordered by the Administrative Court of Appeal after the abandonment of the ZAC: the ruling of 28 February 2002 holds the City liable for three-quarters with respect to two of the four claimant companies.Read the decision ↗
JUNE 1996Maillot zone abandoned; Chamber of Commerce gives up rights to the Pershing siteDeclassification of land parcels around the Palais des Congrès and amendments to the 1970 agreements: the City is questioned about the announced abandonment of the "Maillot" ZAC, and the Chamber of Commerce gives up its rights to the Pershing site, then used for coach parking.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 1995Extension of the Palais des Congrès authorised; funding by taxpayers questionedThe Council authorizes the demolition and building permits for the extension of the Palais des Congrès and the modification of the car park; a councillor asks for assurance that the Palais has been taken out of the ZAC and that the operation will not be financed by taxpayers.Read the decision ↗
2 more moments, 2000–2024
OCTOBER 2024700-space bike station planned on parking level -1 for autumn 2025Motion on the bike station: the Executive states that the feasibility studies are still under way, that it will be located on level -1 of the car park with more than 700 spaces, and that opening is targeted for the rentrée (early autumn) of 2025.Read the decision ↗
APRIL 20007 million francs voted for the artwork and garden lighting, priority disputedDesign-definition contracts for an artwork, its planted surroundings and the lighting of the central garden: one councillor approves the 7 million francs invested, while another asks that financial priority go to the run-down garden rather than to the artwork.Read the decision ↗

Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1970 · 1961 · 1952 · 1906

All deliberations ↗

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