Le Figaro Bordeaux
A bad thing never comes alone.
After a landslide on the cliff in the area of Pain de Sucre leading to the evacuation of eleven homes on Saturday March 2, Bourg-sur-Gironde was the victim of further subsidence this week.
Plagued by torrential rains, the Gironde commune of 2,216 souls, where the risk of quarry and cliff areas is identified, is experiencing it head on.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the parapet of the park of its citadel collapsed.
On Wednesday morning, one of its car parks, built on a cellar 3 meters high at the ridge, also sank over a square meter.
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These are elements of nature and the life of the commune
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, immediately delays councilor Pierre Joly, emphasizing that these three incidents caused no injuries.
Before specifying:
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The risk has been identified, we have land movements which are normal given the torrential rains of recent days which have disrupted the state of the land and played on its weaknesses.
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Weakened at the corner, the parapet which collapsed had been reinforced a few years ago.
A security perimeter has been installed around it, reducing walking space.
For the parking lot above the cellar, a neighbor was able to report the subsidence before it caused injuries.
And a first study by the intercommunal union for Studies and Prevention of Quarry and Cliff Risks 33 (EPRCF 33) indicates that it should not collapse entirely.
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Vigilance
Serenely, the town's chief magistrate calls above all for the vigilance of residents
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aware of the phenomenon
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, who are invited to report the slightest fault on the "cityhall" application which allows them to communicate directly with him.
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We are vigilant and on the lookout for anything that could fall.
But I have no concerns for the rest of our ramparts, we know how to take seriously the slightest crack that could lead to a landslide
and we know the sensitive areas ,
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says the elected official.
At the place called Pain de Sucre, the danger orders which targeted two houses have already been lifted thanks to an analysis by EPRCF 33 concluding that there was a minimal risk due to their distance from the cliff and the probable trajectory of the next falls of this promontory.