The organization of the Olympic Games necessitated important adaptations of the urban road systems. The work was planned and executed so that it could be integrated in the town planning and the structural schemes of the Grenoble conurbation.

The whole of this work entailed the creation of 17 kms of new roads: 47,000 metres of kerb, 34,000 metres of guttering, 300,000 square metres of surfacing, 12,000 metres of drains.
The cost of this work is about 32 million francs.

The service also collaborated in the study and drafting of specification files, the execution and financing of the equipment which was executed under the control of the Highway Department or the S.N.C.F. The town of Grenoble financed all this work which cost about 20 million francs.

THREE PROJECTS INTENDED FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION

Three projects intended for National Education were executed with the cooperation of the Technical Services and, in particular the Architectural Division.
These buildings were used for various purposes during the Olympic Games.
The total cost of these buildings was about 21 million francs.

475 ROAD SIGNS INSTALLED

The important projects were completed for the Opening of the Games, and the bye-laws concerning traffic during the Games had been approved by the Prefecture.

At the Opening of the Games, the traffic service of the town had to deal with three principal points:

— Installation of road signs on mobile supports, to publish the regulations of the municipal bye-laws.
— Supervision and repair day and night, of the traffic lights at 60 road junctions in the town of Grenoble.
— Information to the public on the traffic during the Games. 475 road signs were put in place by the end of the Games.

As a result of the organization by the Town of Grenoble, and the employment of an important police service, the traffic situation inside Grenoble was satisfactory during the Olympic period.

TEAMS ALWAYS ON CALL

The general organization of the maintenance service for the roads of the town had to be modified during the Olympic period.

Permanent duty teams, each consisting of a foreman, 8 men and 3 vehicles ensured the security service, day and night, in shifts of eight hours each. They were ready to cope with all kinds of incidents, such as snow falls, icy roads, road or pavement subsidence, oil or diesel oil on the roads after an accident, etc... These teams, put into service after 29th January 1968 worked until 19 February.

105 TONS OF HOUSE-HOLD REFUSE

During the Olympic period the Health Services of the town carried out the daily collection of the refuse of the Olympic Village and the Press Centre in hermetically sealed cans, and also the twice daily collection of refuse from the four Olympic restaurants.
This service was also carried out on Sundays.

As the Olympic Village and the Press Centre were enclosed, the dust bins had to be transported on trolleys to certain outlying points which were accessible to the vans.

Besides this a special service for the collection of cardboard boxes, and also bulky waste materials was operated every day.
The weight of all waste materials collected from the Olympic Village the Press Centre, and the 4 Olympic restaurants may be estimated at 8 tons per day.
For the period extending from 6th to 18th of February the total was about 105 tons.

THE CLEANING OF THE PUBLIC ROADS

The municipal road cleaning teams were doubled by teams from private firms. These firms took part in the cleaning every day including Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m. during all the Olympic period.
A day duty service was also carried out during this period so that a cleaning team could be sent to any place where required.