Citizens of rue Saint-Paul Est, in Grande-Anse (Rivière-du-Nord), exasperated by the noise and the disorder that reigns with one of their neighbors, expressed their dissatisfaction before the municipal council, in Saint-Léolin on Tuesday. But everything indicates that they will have to take their pain in patience.
They can no longer. Last summer, a new neighbor would have installed a speaker outside, and from morning to evening spread its music at high volume, sprinkling the surroundings of deafening decibels.
day after day, week after week, month after month! Absent during the winter, he returned a few days spent.
On Tuesday, several votes rose when Mayor Joseph Lanteigne invited the public to speak to conclude the Assembly.
“Last year, we had the misfortune to be the neighbors of this gentleman, launched Réginald Boudreau straight away. I hope that this year, we will have the happiness of no longer being. ”
To add to the disturbance, the individual would have transformed the ground he occupies into “open -air dumping ground”. Faced with a complaint dam, the municipality will take the big means.
“It has become a dangerous and unsightly place, recognized the mayor of Rivière-du-Nord on Tuesday. The steps are taken with the company that we have taken to investigate the field and bring us evidence. ”
Inspectors will study the case and provide a report. But the procedures promise to be long, he said.
A resident, Pierre-Luc Plourde, launched: “We don’t want to spend another summer like that, really not. We are tired. “
Last year, the RCMP presented itself on the scene, without much result, explained a resident.
“They (police) can do nothing. They told us verbatim: “Sorry, if he makes noise in broad daylight, there is nothing that we can do” “.
It is the inexistence of decree or law that prohibits excessive noise which complicates the work of the police. Without appropriate legislation, their powers are limited.
Bertrand’s advisor Yvon Godin explained that the case is made complex because the tapewer is not the owner of the field where he settled.
According to Simone Godin, the municipal clerk, once the inspectors’ report is completed, “opinions” will be sent.
“Do you have to send opinions that will take two weeks each?” So, in the month of May, we will not hear the birds, ”said Réginald Boudreau.
Boom, boom, boom
During a telephone interview with New Acadia, Thursday, Mr. Boudreau deplored lost tranquility.
-“We settled here because it’s a beautiful corner. It’s quiet, it’s beautiful, it’s calm. Then, since he was there, we can no longer benefit from this calm. ”
He also explained that the neighbor in question lived in an old camper. A small discount has also been installed in the field.
On the phone, a neighbor, Louise Godin, reiterated significantly the same message as Mr. Boudreau.
“It’s a really quiet little corner. We have neighbors who are not rowdy and who love peace. Since he has been there, he’s hell. “
The newspaper went to the scene on Thursday afternoon, to see what it was. No music was playing. Was it the lull before the storm? The people of the place, which we met, were hardly reassured.
“Let’s say that in summer, I don’t try to go on the patio,” said Zach Thériault. You hear music, you only hear a boom, boom, boom. That’s all you hear. I take my shower, and I hear boom, boom, boom. It’s okay for a bit, then you can’t endure this anymore. ”
Robert Gagné, he lives the other side of the street, vis-à-vis the recalcitrant neighbor.
“It’s the worst place!” he exclaimed. We hear, it’s awful. There is no room where you can go. It is not livable. “
A difficult life
The New Acadia found the neighbor disturbing in its car. He was parked in his entrance, near the street. The man, in his forties, rather thin, agreed to speak to us. The discussion that followed was cordial, but the words used to us were sometimes very raw.
We started by signifying that the neighbors complained about the music he played head killing.
“Everyone has the right to say what they want. I don’t mind, “he replied.
He then resumed that he did not really live as he would have liked.
“There are a lot of things that bother me. It bothers me to be icitte. I have no choice to be icitte. That’s my life. I just have music to survive, to stay alive, and worse to endure the shit of others. I just have that. I have no television, I have nothing, I am taken icitte. ”
Finally, he wanted to respond to the complaints he was the subject.
“They may have comments. I would trade (would change) of life with them, because I had everything: I had a house like them. I had everything, and I lost everything. I had a life. I was a licensed mechanic, and everything, worse I lost everything. ”
“I wait for life to open doors to me. When she opened me, I will take it, but as it is there, there are none who open. It brings me here. “
