Five years after the fire that ravaged Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019, the main challenges of its restoration have been successfully met. The cathedral's reopening remains scheduled for December 8, 2024, according to Philippe Jost, president of the public establishment overseeing its reconstruction.
"We will rebuild the cathedral to be even more beautiful, and I want it to be completed within five years," French President Emmanuel Macron declared the day after the fire. Since then, some 250 companies and hundreds of tradespeople, architects and other professionals have been working on the site. From the fall onwards, the square and access roads surrounding the cathedral will be cleared and redeveloped with the City of Paris, responsible for restructuring the area around the cathedral by 2028.