The forecourt of Notre-Dame de Paris again inaccessible.
While it reopened to the public last May, more than a year after the fire that devastated part of the mythical cathedral and gave rise to lead pollution problems, the latter must close again on Tuesday.
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In a press release, the Paris police headquarters announced that since the fire, "the square and the surroundings of the cathedral have been continuously monitored for the concentration of lead dust".
However, the analysis of the last samples revealed "concentrations of lead dust higher than the usual Parisian level at certain points of the square".
The "traffic of pedestrians and vehicles" prohibited
The press release specifies that "as a precautionary measure", an order restricting traffic around the religious building was issued by the police prefect Didier Lallemant, following an opinion from the Ile-de-France regional health agency. -France.
It prohibits "the circulation of pedestrians and vehicles in the perimeter covering the space delimited by the square of Notre-Dame-Place Jean Paul II".
Only a 10 m wide strip remains accessible, it is positioned on the right side of the facade of the Hôtel-Dieu and on the section of the sidewalk of the rue de la Cité, the press release said.
The prefecture warns that "as soon as this cleaning is carried out and all the values recorded have returned to a sufficiently low level, the square will again be open to the public".