Two of the six families who fled La Baie due to large cracks in the dam in the Port-Alfred sector returned to their homes on 9at avenue in the last hours after the installation of concrete blocks.
However, there is no set reunion date for the three dwellings evacuated from 8at avenue because the inspections at the Ministère des Transports (MTQ) are ongoing.
Ground motion experts from MTQ still trying to understand what caused the large cracks in the slope behind the dwellings of 8at av.
Evacuations 30 years ago
Residents of these houses continue to be evacuated. This is the case of Marius Harvey who has lived in the sector for forty years.
I’m always worried because I want to, I don’t want to, I’ve lived in this house for 47 years and we’re okay, we’re just at home.shared by residents of 8at av.
Nearly a week after evacuating, Mr. Harvey and his wife took some personal belongings with firefighters on Monday.
I said: “It has to overflow” because that’s how I’m going, that’s how I’m going, there’s a limit, especially if I know the crack is also there. is thirty years old, I have no problems at homecontinued Mr. Harvey.
This is not the first time there has been an evacuation in the area. There were two houses evacuated in April 1991 on the 8that avenue, but not that of Mr. Harvey. La Baie municipal council has conducted a geotechnical study, revealed an article in Everyday of time. According to the then mayor who was interviewed on Monday, Claude Richard, the study concluded that there was no need to move house.
The residents of 9at relieved avenue
Serge Carrier, a resident of 9at avenue, was for his part homeward.
I’d rather just be at home than stay somewhere else, especially after three days, we’re going to start naughty.he mentioned.
According to Saguenay City spokesman Dominic Arseneau, the MTQ Considering that the risk is still too high at this stage to allow citizens to return to their homes.
These surveillances and these tests are done daily through surveys, possibly using a drone from the ministry to have a diagnosis of what happened, but on what to do.revealed the speaker.
Based on a report by Roby St-Gelais
Source: Radio-Canada
