The Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d'Azur

Society

Who are we?

The Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d’Azur is a local public establishment, created by the legislator in 2022 at the request of 11 partner local authorities to carry their financial participation in the realisation of the Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d’Azur project, alongside the State and the European Union, also co-financers.

The Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d’Azur brings together 11 territorial authorities and groupings of territorial authorities: the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, the Bouches du Rhône Department, the Var Department, the Alpes-Maritimes Department, the Aix-Marseille Provence Metropolis, the Toulon Provence Méditerranée Metropolis, the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis and Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération and the agglomeration communities, Cannes Pays de Lérins, Pays de Grasse and Sophia-Antipolis.

The public establishment participates in the steering and financing of the project, ensures the control and optimisation of costs and compliance with the implementation schedule and ensures the proper territorial integration of the project and the search for the best synergies with the planning policies carried by the member authorities.

Our objectives

The member authorities of the Society

The President's message

“It’s done, the railway project of the century has been launched!

A long-awaited project in our Region – More trains every day, fewer delays and less wasted time, better coverage of the territory and modern, comfortable and secure stations. By the end of the project in 2035 for its first two phases, we will be able to run 66% more trains and we will have true RER services running every quarter of an hour in our metropolitan areas.

A project also long-awaited at the national and European level – LNPCA is indeed the essential link in a high-performance railway arc from Barcelona to Genoa.

The local public establishment dedicated to the realisation of this project, which we created with 11 local authorities and EPCIs and which I have the honour of chairing, is fully operational and perfectly on track with its roadmap. With the support of Europe, the State, local authorities, SNCF Réseau and SNCF Gares & Connexions, we will revolutionise transport in the Sud region and in Southern Europe.”

Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, Delegated President of Régions de France, President of the Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d’Azur.

Our governance

Renaud MUSELIER

President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region

Delegated President of Régions de France

President of the Board of Directors

Jean-Pierre SERRUS

Vice-President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region

Co-President of the Commitment and Risk Monitoring Committee

Member of the investment commission

Martine VASSAL

President of the Bouches-du-Rhône Department

Member authority

Thierry SANTELLI

Vice-President of the Bouches-du-Rhône Department

Board member

Member of the investment commission

Jean-Louis MASSON

President of the Var Department

Member authority

Andrée SAMAT

Vice-President of the Var Department

Board member

Vice-President of the investment commission

Charles Ange GINESY

President of the Alpes-Maritimes Department

Board member

Marie BENASSAYAG

Vice-President of the Alpes-Maritimes Department

Member of the investment commission

Nicolas ISNARD

President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Member authority

Frédéric VIGOUROUX

Vice-President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Board member

Member of the investment commission

Josée MASSI

President of the Toulon Provence Méditerranée Metropolis

Board member

Member of the investment commission

Eric CIOTTI

President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis

Member authority

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Pierre IPPOLITO

Vice-President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis

Board member

Member of the investment commission

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Claude ALEMAGNA

President of Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération

Member authority

Christine PREMOSELLI

Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération

Member of the community bureau

Board member

David LISNARD

President of the Cannes Pays de Lérins Agglomeration Community

Member authority

Gilles CIMA

Cannes Pays de Lérins Agglomeration Community

Deputy Mayor

Board member

Member of the commitment and risk monitoring committee

Jérôme VIAUD

President of the Pays de Grasse Agglomeration Community

Member authority

Claude SERRA

Vice-President of the Pays de Grasse Agglomeration Community

Board member

Jean LEONETTI

President of the Sophia-Antipolis Agglomeration Community

Member authority

Thierry OCCELLI

Vice-President of the Sophia-Antipolis Agglomeration Community

Board member

The financing of the Society

To fulfil its mission of financing the Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d’Azur project for a total cost of 3.8 Md€2020, which it co-finances at 40% (the State and the European Union being the other co-financers at 40% and 20% respectively), the public establishment finances itself through:

tax revenues from contributions of tourist visitors (additional tax on tourist tax) and public and private owners of buildings and car parks (annual tax on office, commercial, storage premises and parking spaces)
budgetary contributions from member authorities.
loans
additional contributions from network and station managers

Regarding the participation of local authorities, the financing is distributed as follows and defined according to their population, fiscal potential, fiscal returns and socio-economic impacts of the project on their territory: