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title: "Urban lift in Ajaccio – Corsica, France"
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# Urban lift in Ajaccio – Corsica, France

![Urban lift in Ajaccio – Corsica, France](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20221124-ajaccio-getty-front-de-mer.jpg)

**Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, is banking on an urban lift to better link its historic lower town with its recently urbanised upper town. This is a ground-breaking project for SYSTRA, with a new soft mode of transport which could be in place by 2026.**

In 2022, SYSTRA France responded to the needs of the Ajaccio urban area
community (CAPA), which was considering the creation of a new soft mode between
its lower and upper towns: an urban lift solution.

### WIDE-RANGING RESPONSIBILITIES

We were selected to provide project management assistance for the project, which
is still in its early stages. Initially, we will carry out the feasibility
studies, compile the land analysis files and the preliminary reports for the
planned link (see map). In a second phase, if the client accepts our
recommendations, we will assist them in putting together the study files, during
the works and then during the tests and monitoring of the installations during
the first two years of operation. This support could extend until 2026.

### EASY ACCESS TO THE CITY CENTRE

The lift will link the lower town to the site of the Miséricorde hospital in the
upper town: this hospital centre is being moved and will make way for an urban
renovation project, centred around a new eco-district, on this 8.4-hectare urban
brownfield site. A multimodal interchange, a 1,100-space park-and-ride facility
and shops are planned in addition to the creation of housing and public
facilities. The project is being carried out by local firm SPL Ametarra and the
urban lift will guarantee an efficient, fast and robust link to the city centre.

The lift will be part of the overall solution to overcome the 60-metre
difference in height. Additional facilities – footbridges, ramps, and conveyor
belt sections – are being studied to complete the system.

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