The field of Sainte-Restitude fairin Calenzana, will be redeveloped and partly pedestrianized. Beautification work expected in this natural and heritage site dear to the Balanins.
Every afternoon when the weather is nice, many people gather there for a game of pétanque. And, for six months, in the background, there has been a merry-go-round, a carousel of flying chairs which only brings back bad memories.
Vers 23 h 30, the evening of May 25, 2024the Balagne patronal festival is in full swing on the Sainte-Restitude fairground. But the cries of joy are replaced by cries of panic when an accident on a merry-go-round.
Four injured people were treated by firefighters for sprains and bruises.
“I reported to the gendarmerie that the children come to have fun there,” the mayor loses his temper
“When I arrived there, there were four ambulances and flashing lights everywhereremembers Pierre Guidonithe mayor of Calenzana. I had the impression that the situation was much more serious than what had been presented to me. An investigation was opened following this accident. Today, we still don't know whether it is a technical problem or a human error.”
Court seals were placed on the ride, pending a technical expertise which has still not been carried out. To secure the ride, the town hall had installed barriers, which were quickly stolen.
Exposed to the four winds and bad weather, the red chair attraction continues to deteriorate. “Now we have to take it awayplague Pierre Guidoni. I don't want to keep a museum piece, not to mention this wreck, on the fairground. I reported to the police that children come to have fun there. They can get hurt, it's not safe. The barriers we put up have disappeared. The situation has gone on long enough ; we are on municipal land, in a protected site, this ride is a visual pollution that reminds us all of bad memories. We have to move on.”
