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<title>Lille · FutureHubs.eu</title>
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<description>Under Arnaud Deslandes, mayor since March 2026, Lille is rebuilding its Natural History Museum, laying out a 5-hectare park at Fives Cail and renovating nine schools in Fives and Hellemmes, while the Métropole Européenne de Lille has won nearly €64 million from the European Commission to renew its metro and bus fleet.</description>
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<item><title>Lille metropolis adopts three strategic orientations to guide its 2026-2032 mandate</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/framework-three-strategic-orientations-territory/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/framework-three-strategic-orientations-territory/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The Métropole européenne de Lille adopted a framework deliberation setting three strategic orientations for its 2026-2032 mandate, covering productive jobs, quality of life and environmental transitions, and will create a strategic coordination committee for planning policies.</description></item>
<item><title>Lille metropolis backs first nine woodland projects under one million trees plan</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/first-woodland-projects-million-trees/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/first-woodland-projects-million-trees/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The Métropole Européenne de Lille has selected nine communes for the first projects of its one million trees scheme, adding 1.5 hectares of woodland, about 250 trees and 3,500 shrubs, with €44,529 of metropolitan support.</description></item>
<item><title>Lille metropolis wins nearly €64 million EU grant to renew metro and buses</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/eu-grant-metro-bus-fleet-renewal/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lille/news/eu-grant-metro-bus-fleet-renewal/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The European Metropolis of Lille has been awarded nearly €64 million by the European Commission for its Rolling E-Mob programme, which, with a €425 million European Investment Bank loan, forms a €489 million package to renew metro trains and buses.</description></item>
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