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The Piquecos ford, a very well-known site in Tarn-et-Garonne, was the scene of a comical scene this Thursday, January 16, 2025. No doubt deceived by his GPS, the driver of a semi-trailer found himself in portfolio at the entrance to this ford. He still managed the feat of crossing the Aveyron after a perilous maneuver.
Unusual scene this Thursday, January 16, 2025 at the Piquecos ford, in Tarn-et-Garonne where the driver of a semi-trailer attempted to cross the Aveyron despite the narrowness of the structure. No doubt lost by his GPS which offered him a shortcut to go from one bank to the other, he found himself stuck at the bottom of the slight descent which leads to the ford.
It took him a good hour to get out of this uncomfortable position and successfully cross the ford without damage except for a few scares. Oddly, the structure is not subject to any weight limitation, a shortcoming which Christèle Garcia, mayor of Piquecos, intends to remedy as quickly as possible.
“At the start of my mandate, I looked at all the registers and I noticed that there was no limitation. The ford was built in 1982 and inaugurated in 1983. It is a reinforced concrete construction, it is very solid but it is a 40-year-old structure. It is regularly monitored and revised, but it is subject to flooding, submersion and ice jams which damage its steel structures.
-“I am considering a very severe tonnage limitation”
At the next meeting of the municipal council, Christèle Garcia plans to vote on a deliberation to prevent such a scene from happening again. “I am considering a very severe tonnage limitation, including on the municipal roads leading to the ford which must have been damaged. More and more cars are using the structure as a shortcut, but we can no longer tolerate trucks. Agricultural machinery will be excluded from this measure, we are in a rural commune.”
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