The Mont-Saint-Michel Bay is characterized by its huge, battered by the highest tides in the world that offers out of sight between sky and sea, between sand and water, between green Normandy and granite Brittany.
Threatened by rising sand which gradually invade, Mont-Saint-Michel is now the subject of a Grand National Environmental Vision.
In 1995, the State, the Region of Lower Normandy, Brittany and the town of Mont-Saint-Michel signed the project to restore the maritime character of Mont-Saint-Michel. Its objective is to restore a landscape of strikes and sea around it.
The project of Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the largest environmental projects in the world.
It has four main actions :
- Reactivate and strengthen the work of the Couesnon hunts to rid the sediment through a dam. It has valves that work in both directions to bring out the waves and tides.
- Replace the causeway built in the late nineteenth century by a footbridge which will restore the water circulation and tidal Couesnon around Mont-Saint-Michel to accelerate the process of dredging.
- Move the car parks around the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel to the mainland to remove an obstacle to the work of nature while improving the esthetics of the area around Wonder of the West.
- Develop a shuttle system between Mont-Saint-Michel and the mainland to welcome visitors and offer new conditions for the reception and comfort.
These gigantic works produced from 2010 to 2015, are intended to restore the maritime character of Mont-Saint-Michel, to preserve the ecosystem of this area. During the construction period, the Mont-Saint-Michel is publicly available.
