Le Figaro Bordeaux
Everyone in Bordeaux remembers this month of June 2021, when four buildings collapsed within a few days of each other in the old quarters of the city. Two in the rue Planterose, June 16, and two more in the Rue de la Rousselle, June 20. More than a year has passed since that day and many buildings in the city, rue du Pa Saint-Georges, Cours Victor Hugo or Place Gambetta, are now under surveillance. Because there is still a risk of collapse. The proof is that this Saturday, November 19, a building in the Cours Victor Hugo, not far from rue de la Rousselle, was placed “immediate dangerand evacuate quickly.
“These two collapses made the population of Bordeaux think a lot“, emphasizes Stéphane Pfeiffer, Bordeaux’s vice-mayor responsible for public service, housing and residential areas. Now much more alert than before, as soon as residents notice a crack in their building.”they immediately inform the municipal services“, which quickly intervene to identify potentially dangerous locations.
Walking the streets of Bordeaux, it’s not uncommon to come across a building whose facade is covered with buttresses, these large pieces of wood that support doors and windows to limit the risk of collapse. “Now we’re looking for buildings in disrepair, so we find themStefan Pfeiffer observes. If there have always been dilapidated buildings in the port of the Moon, the events of 2021 have brought public and media attention to this topic.
General point: lack of maintenance
In particular, the fear of seeing his building collapse has led to a sharp increase in reports of potentially dangerous buildings to municipal services. In 2021, 500 reports were received, compared to only 200 a year ago. In 2022, these indicators are still high. Building interventions at risk of collapse are mainly located between the quays and the town hall, around the Cours Victor Hugo, Cours Pasteur and Cours d’Alsace et Lorraine.
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The causes of these collapses are still unknown, but Stefan Pfeiffer notes a common point among all the buildings that have been declared at risk: a lack of maintenance. “The buildings are reported to be in a state of disrepair when you visit: vaults in the basements have collapsed, stairs are badly cracked, owners have not maintained their property, and belongings are in disrepair.The municipality can then force the owners to carry out works or even evacuate the residents of the building if the observed situation is too serious.
In addition to ongoing legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to determine the factors responsible for the collapsed buildings, the municipality has launched a study with the Center for Science and Technology (CSTB) to analyze the condition of 50 buildings. Drilling has also been done recently to study the condition of the soil. Natural or technical elements are investigated, for example, the condition of more than 100 old pipes in this district. Bordeaux, being a multi-thousand-year-old city, archaeological studies will also be carried out on the last 600 years of occupation. The first results should be known at the beginning of 2023.
Source: Le Figaro
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