The Verviers prison rebuilt in the coming years? The degey bourgmestre would like to believe it: “It remains good news since a strong goal [pour la Ville]it is to maintain a justice pole in Verviers and the prison is obviously one of the pieces of the puzzle “.
It is here that the interest of the city seems to converge with that of the State. In Belgium, 13,000 detainees tighten in 11,000 places, not counting electronic bracelets, penitentiary holidays and small sorrows for which we no longer incur.
The federal plan provides more places. Reconstructing a prison in Verviers would be a part of the solution. The old prison, unsanitary, was demolished 8 years ago. Building a new prison establishment in the same place is what the city wants. This is what is announced. For … long: “I remain cautious. We had a lot of promises on this file finally, whatever the federal majorities”.
The former bourgmestre of Verviers, in 2016, was already delighted with a “new” prison in the same place. The city’s site also announces an end of reconstruction for… early 2024!
According to the Régie des Bâtiments, the public market will be published this summer, awarded in 2029, work would start in 2030 and end in 2032… “subject to compliance with the construction period”. We are never too careful.
Capture of the city site: