He did well. Two days later, the mechanical excavator from the Dupuy company had razed and flattened everything, after having carefully removed asbestos from the roof, made up of fiber cement sheets.
Of the “hut”, located on Chemin de Tout-Blanc, there is now nothing left.
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“It was a real slum, with no electricity or sanitation. »
Amazing and ancient. “It would have been built during the Second World War, it was a former military barracks of the air base which once extended as far as Gimeux,” he explains. This is confirmed by the mayor of Châteaubernard, Pierre-Yves Briand, who, however, does not know who built it. The Germans? The Americans? “We don’t know. »
Visibility problem at the intersection
However, we know that it had been uninhabited for some time. “A couple lived there for a long time with their two children, a retiree from the Saint-Gobain factory,” indicates Patrick Barré, who did his research. “Above all, it was completely unsanitary, a real slum,” points out Pierre-Yves Briand. There was no electricity or sanitation. »
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Since the vegetation had been removed, the large building could be seen again along the Barbezieux road.
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The fiber cement roof was removed and covered with a tarpaulin because it contained asbestos.
Not to mention that the house, where it was located – on the land located at the corner of chemin de Tout-Blanc and route de Barbezieux (D731) – just before the Pont-Neuf activity zone – posed a security problem. “There was a visibility problem at this intersection because the plot was completely invaded by vegetation,” indicates Pierre Nau, deputy mayor, who also points out the speed of traffic at this location, “even if the area is at 70 km/h”.
The town hall therefore made the decision, two or three years ago, to buy the land and demolish everything. Which was completed, therefore, at the beginning of last week, by the Dupuy David company, from Ars. “We are not going to rebuild anything, we are instead going to plant a few trees at the back of the land and leave the part near the intersection free,” indicates Pierre-Yves Briand.
All that will remain of this old “hut”, as many called it, are the photos taken by Patrick Barré, who had a hollow nose. Within two days, it was a failure.
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