It also hovers at an urban scale including the square, the quay and the lake.
Being absent is also risky because drivers appointed by the port authorities will remove the cars from the quay.
These drivers usually work under pressure of time, and their chief interest is to drive the cars from the quay as soon as possible.
The estimated cost of development (the quay, the promenade, streets and parking places) was about 700,000 pounds.
Originally built to serve ships, the scale of the quays is unsuitable for recreational pursuits.
The quays of the basin could remain free of cars, because of the proposed parking garage typology.
Special attention is to be given to the quays.
From the eleventh century onwards the owners of the quays progressively extended them into the river, by more than 100 metres in the busiest neighbourhood.