ACCESSIBILITY AND ROAD SERVICE
(partly carried out according to PLU investigation file)
The municipality is located away from the major structuring axes of the Calvados department (RN 13, A84, A13, etc.) but it is crossed by the RD 514, a road of departmental interest, whose tourist vocation is asserting itself.
This route serves the coastal municipalities of Calvados, along an East-West axis. Although not referenced as a High Traffic Classified Route on this portion of the territory, traffic on this track remains significant, especially during the summer.
However, its size is not adapted to heavy summer traffic. The General Council has already carried out some work on cornering to secure this axis.
High-traffic classified lanes
The municipal territory could have been concerned by the law of 2 February 1995 on the strengthening of environmental protection, in particular its article 52, codified in Article L.111-1-4 of the Urban Planning Code, which stipulates that outside the urbanized spaces of the municipality, constructions or installations are prohibited in a strip of 75 meters on both sides of the axis of roads classified for high traffic, in particular the RD 514 thus classified in 2010.
However, as part of the revision of high-traffic roads, RD 514 is not retained and therefore should lose this status as soon as the new decree is signed.
A network of 3 departmental roads makes it possible to serve the municipal territory:
- the RD 514 is the main axis, which serves the municipal territory along an East-West axis;
- RD 517, which connects RD 514 to the municipality of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, along the waterfront;
- the RD 30, north-south axis, which allows you to reach Formigny and the RN 13
The RD194, connecting Formigny to Louvières, crosses the south of the municipality. It is a relatively narrow track (4m wide)
RD 514 and RD 517 are transit routes for exceptional convoys of all categories.
These traffic lanes do not escape traffic accidents. The map above shows that between 2001 and 2006, several accidents were recorded in the municipality. Two resulted in bodily injury on RD514 and RD517.
Municipal road service
The village is centered on the crossroads of RD 514, RD 517 and RD 30.
The other roads serving the municipal territory are in all narrow roads (3/4 meters wide), whose vocation is mainly to serve the deviations of the village.
Hiking trails
There are hiking trails on the municipal territory:
- The GR Tour du Bessin (with borrowing of the GR 223, a pedestrian path that runs along the entire Bas-Normand coast but is currently being modified to avoid the edges of cliffs). It is described at its crossing of Vierviille between Saint-Laurent-Plage and Louvières then Englesqueville, or 3.3+5.5km, at page 159 of the Topo-guide "Le Bessin à pied" (GR loop of country N°3 "Tour du Bessin with departure and arrival in Isigny).
- A pedestrian and mountain bike circuit runs through the municipalities of Vierville, Louvières and Asnières from Viervielle, over 14km or 8km, depending on the options. It is described in the Topo-guide "Between sea and marsh" published by the Community of Municipalities of Trévières, "Circuit N°2 at the foot of churches and castles"
- A coastal trail, managed by the General Council, is to open in a few years, as part of the "Plan Vélo" of Calvados.
The coastal cycle route project presented in October 2012Read the rewritten text
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In La Renaissance of October 23, 2012, General Councillor Jean-Pierre Richard and Jean-Frédéric Jolimaitre, Director of Environment and Biodiversity of the General Council, presented the coastal cycle route. The work was announced from November for completion in the summer of 2013.
The goal was a comfortable and secure cycling and pedestrian route for families, rather than a sports course. The departmental plan was to be part of the regional, national and European continuities of EuroVelo 4, in conjunction with neighboring departments.
On the cliffs of Bessin, the old trail had been closed by prefectural order due to the risk of landslide. The department wanted to redevelop it and also open it to bicycles. The route sometimes had to retreat inland for reasons of danger, technique or law. The managers explained that they had chosen the route with the Conservatoire du littoral, took into account natural sites and ecological issues and considered a quick connection to the route from Bayeux to Port-en-Bessin.
Section 6, under the American cemetery, remained blocked. A footbridge at the foot of the cliff was to protect the wetlands. According to Jean-Pierre Richard, the BMC had given a favorable opinion and the Americans did not oppose it, but the State refused passage to this classified site. Jean-Frédéric Jolimaitre said he did not have a precise explanation and estimated the discreet layout under the trees, respectful of this place of memory. A substitution itinerary was therefore planned, while hoping to resume discussions.
The announced route started from the Vierville campsite, passed behind the footbridges and then went down to the seafront on a shared road. At the Signal monument, he bypassed the parking lot and the D-Day restaurant before finding the sea at the rescue station. Roadway crossings had to be secured by raised plateaus and ground markings to slow down cars.
The route then went along the sea to the Costils, crossed the road and took a communal path behind the houses towards the Ruquet. Jean-Pierre Richard recalled that it was a question of rehabilitating an existing road, with a favorable deliberation of Saint-Laurent, and not of creating a new crossing of the dunes. On the contrary, a marked path had to limit their trampling.
Regarding the starry butor, an expertise of the Norman Ornithological Group had concluded, according to the article, that the new route did not present an environmental issue. Officials highlighted the demand for cycle paths and the tourist potential of a discovery of the top of the cliffs. They claimed to have prioritized safety and environmental precautions.
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The coastal cycle route project presented in October 2012Read the rewritten text
This reading version has been rewritten from the newspaper clipping. Connecting phrases and any reconstructed words are not a verbatim quotation.
In La Renaissance of October 23, 2012, General Councillor Jean-Pierre Richard and Jean-Frédéric Jolimaitre, Director of Environment and Biodiversity of the General Council, presented the coastal cycle route. The work was announced from November for completion in the summer of 2013.
The goal was a comfortable and secure cycling and pedestrian route for families, rather than a sports course. The departmental plan was to be part of the regional, national and European continuities of EuroVelo 4, in conjunction with neighboring departments.
On the cliffs of Bessin, the old trail had been closed by prefectural order due to the risk of landslide. The department wanted to redevelop it and also open it to bicycles. The route sometimes had to retreat inland for reasons of danger, technique or law. The managers explained that they had chosen the route with the Conservatoire du littoral, took into account natural sites and ecological issues and considered a quick connection to the route from Bayeux to Port-en-Bessin.
Section 6, under the American cemetery, remained blocked. A footbridge at the foot of the cliff was to protect the wetlands. According to Jean-Pierre Richard, the BMC had given a favorable opinion and the Americans did not oppose it, but the State refused passage to this classified site. Jean-Frédéric Jolimaitre said he did not have a precise explanation and estimated the discreet layout under the trees, respectful of this place of memory. A substitution itinerary was therefore planned, while hoping to resume discussions.
The announced route started from the Vierville campsite, passed behind the footbridges and then went down to the seafront on a shared road. At the Signal monument, he bypassed the parking lot and the D-Day restaurant before finding the sea at the rescue station. Roadway crossings had to be secured by raised plateaus and ground markings to slow down cars.
The route then went along the sea to the Costils, crossed the road and took a communal path behind the houses towards the Ruquet. Jean-Pierre Richard recalled that it was a question of rehabilitating an existing road, with a favorable deliberation of Saint-Laurent, and not of creating a new crossing of the dunes. On the contrary, a marked path had to limit their trampling.
Regarding the starry butor, an expertise of the Norman Ornithological Group had concluded, according to the article, that the new route did not present an environmental issue. Officials highlighted the demand for cycle paths and the tourist potential of a discovery of the top of the cliffs. They claimed to have prioritized safety and environmental precautions.
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The "bicycle plan" of Calvados passes through the municipality of Vierville-sur-Mer. The PLU will have to hold
Account of both this plan and the remarks made in July 2005 by "the American Battle
Monuments Commission". It will be a cycling, pedestrian and disabled path, allowing you to run along the entire coast of the Department. It will be secured, especially on the ridge of the cliffs between Grandcamp and Vierville where an accident had led to the closure of the so-called cliff path.
Cycling map of Calvados
Apart from these developments, the municipal territory is little served by soft traffic routes.
You can also consult the Maps at 1:25 000th : n°14120 T (Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and state forest of Cerisy), and n°15120 T (Bayeux, Arromanches-Les-Bains and the landing beaches) and the pedestrian route guides du Calvados
Roads and paths
Roads of Vierville
Road environment
below map of the municipality, click on it to enlarge it
Problems posed by public attendance at natural spaces and related equipment.
The summer tourist population frequenting the municipality of Vierville-sur-Mer is a matter of both historical and seaside tourism. This results in a visit to the seafront, especially at the level of the memorials of the 2nd World War.
During the commemorations, the attendance of the area is high, which is not without causing some problems in terms of traffic and parking.
The summer tourist population frequenting the natural environments of the municipality set back from the coast is concentrated on pedestrian routes and paths (coastal path with a view to being redeveloped by the General Council and pedestrian paths in agricultural environments - protected by the graphic document of the PLU).
The conditions of access to the beach are satisfactory: holds to the sea and stairs allow direct access to the beach from the coastal road. The waterfront is only 50% urbanized (on the other side of the road) which does not create overcrowding at one point.
However, access to the shore for the various activities (leisure, fishing...) needs to be improved, this activity generates a lot of traffic in the summer and the problem of tractor parking outside the beach arises.
Are the organization and quality of the current road network satisfactory? Are they able to withstand the predictable increase in traffic generated by the increase in population?
For parking:
The point raised above mentions saturation during commemorative periods. These are therefore very specific moments during the year when an influx must be managed. It is in this capacity that the opening of a grassy area north of the village is planned, between the village and the sea, in order to manage this influx. The sector being classified in the areas close to the shore, it is well mentioned that it will only be light developments for parking and temporary use.
For the service:
The PLU provides for reserved locations for road service improvement projects and in particular: the west gate of Omaha Beach with an opening of the crossroads; a redevelopment of the avenue de la mer (project carried out by the community of municipalities - Preliminary project in progress in 2011). In addition, in terms of soft connections, projects for cycle paths and town/coastal connections are provided for in this PLU.