In 2018, the landscape study carried out prior to the renewal of the Val Suzon RNR-FE management plan revealed a number of depreciating features among the factors influencing the landscape. One of the valley’s major black spots is the right-of-way for a power line operated by Enedis, which cuts the slope from top to bottom at the valley bend, the site’s key landscape hinge. A restoration operation was therefore proposed following the study.

It aims to change the contrasts created by the right-of-way and integrate it into the landscape, taking advantage of the plant and mineral components present. It takes advantage of the slope’s ecological gradient: a gradual opening-up in harmony with the site’s different natural dynamics, accompanied by a restructuring of the edge at several spatial scales.

The project was carried out in several stages. Following validation of the master plan drawn up by the landscape architect, the work was carried out in 3 successive phases.