The amount of work to fund is highly variable

Less than five years of the fateful deadline, one who wants to January 1, 2015 all buildings receiving public managed by communities and the State be made accessible to persons with disabilities, whatever it is, everything or almost remains to be done. 5 To 15 of the total of work dictated by the Act of February 5, 2005 has been made to date. This estimate spring of a study, the second in a little more than two years, at the initiative of the Federation of Apajh (Associations for adults and youth with disabilities) with Dexia Credit Local, cabinet Accèsmétrie and lbf (French Federation of the building).

Highly variable amounts

The site is considerable. More than 330,000 institutions receiving public (ERP) should be treated, including 90 of Commons and of intercommunalités. As the cost of the work, refined in the study made public yesterday, his total rises to 20 billion euros, of which 3.4 billion incumbent on the State. Essentially, nearly 16 billion euros (15 billion estimated in 2008), is the responsibility of local authorities. To establish this encryption, which is more accurate than the previous Accèsmétrie is based on statistical analysis of 12.760 sites that were the subject of a diagnosis. An approach in which all ERP in ability to simultaneously host more than 300 people are required to submit to here to January 1, 2011.

The amount of work to fund is highly variable. Median value, Accèsmétrie considers it to 10,000 euros excluding tax by a municipality building of less than 3,000 inhabitants. Beyond that, the Bill passes to 73.000 euros. For responsible colleges, General Councils, regional councils, owners of the secondary schools, the median estimate is 170,000, respectively and 226.000 euros. Finally, one presented to the State, whose heritage is extremely diverse, is estimated at 140,000 euros, always in median value.

A mid-term review of the implementation of Act, 2005, all of these public actors are thus to provide the bulk of their effort over these five years. "This represents EUR 3 billion per year on the 50 billions of euros invested by the local public sector," relativizes Jean-Luc Guitard, Director France of Dexia Crédit Local. The context is, according to him, more favourable than it was in recent years. The investment cycle of Commons, in this third year of municipal term, at a high point, and the renewal of the early repayment of VAT in the stimulus plan are going in the right direction.

Remains that the uncertainties related to the removal of business tax and the reform of local government are blowing winds contrary, more favourable to the budgetary rigour. "We should not stigmatize and show the finger at the world of disability", warned Jean-Louis Garcia, President of the Federation of Apajh, including proposing to bring the large borrowing of State yesterday.

Tenders without answers

Other barriers should be lifted. Thus, when even communities are committed to support the activity of the enterprises of the building, they are struggling to understand their applications. "It is very difficult to meet because they include multiple small markets of 15,000 euros involving four or five professions." "And certain tenders remain unanswered," explains Didier Duchêne, the French Federation of the building (FFB). "The market is and financial means will arrive, but need to organize for the capture." "There is a real issue of training of our young people to issues of accessibility," continued the professional representative. Among the reasons for which the application of the Act will not be final, according to him, that "three or four years beyond the deadline of 2015".