In Yvetot, in Seine-Maritime, residents have been waiting for a road to reopen for two and a half years.
Some traders have lost up to 40% of their turnover.
Why is the file not moving forward? The TF1 news went to the site.
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An abandoned road in the city center of Yvetot, in Seine-Maritime. In two and a half years, nothing has changed and that annoys traders. “It doesn’t move, it doesn’t evolve. So we can understand that it takes time but now it becomes very long and annoying”castigates one of them. Another develops: “Our city center is becoming more and more deserted because people entering Yvetot see the 'roads blocked' signs, so they stay in the outer areas, that is to say on the supermarkets, and no longer come to our city center.”
The insurers clearly do not have the will to resolve the problem.
Franck Invernizzi, director of Seine-Maritime roads
This road connects Le Havre to Rouen and was used by more than 8,000 vehicles every day. Since its closure, due to collapse, some traders have lost up to 40% of their turnover. This is the case of Jean-Jacques Delaunay. A baker for 40 years, he lost everything. “We had a lot of businesses that came from the other side of the closure and who no longer came. We had people from Le Havre who came morning and evening and who no longer came. It’s a lot of pain, a lot of anger “deplores the trader today.
Vehicles must now take a detour or go through the city center, which is not designed for that. And it's better to be patient. “Even to move around, to meet construction trucks, machines… And then we waste time, it’s very complicated”explains a motorist, for example.
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But why is this closure dragging on? The subsidence of the ground has deteriorated the road and weakened the buildings which threaten to collapse. A solution was however found by the department but nothing can be done without the agreement of the insurance companies of the two buildings, who have been dragging things out for almost three years now.
“It’s the insurers in particular who clearly have no desire to resolve the problem. We are ready to act, that’s all we’re asking for”details Franck Invernizzi, director of roads for the Seine-Maritime department.
Once the insurance companies agree on financing the demolition of the inn, the work should only take two months.
