A landslide forces the closure of Chemin Saint-Louis

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A landslide that occurred on a residential construction site forced the closure of Chemin Saint-Louis in both directions.

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Posted at 5:11 p.m. ESTUpdated at 5:20 p.m. EST

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The City of Quebec announces the preventive closure of a portion of Chemin Saint-Louis, at the head of the bridges, which risks further complicating traffic in the area. The cause: a landslide that occurred on a residential construction site.

A section of approximately 500 meters of Chemin Saint-Louis is therefore closed for an indefinite period between Avenue des Hôtels and Avenue de Lavigerie.

This preventive closure occurs after thecollapse of a retaining wall in an excavation gapindicates the City in a publication on the social network

The event occurred around 2:55 p.m. The work on site concerns the construction of a residential real estate project. The City explains that engineers were dispatched to the site to assess the situation.

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The landslide occurred on a residential construction site.

Photo: Photo taken from the X account of Civil Security of the City of Quebec

“We are asking people to use alternative routes,” explains Bill Noonan, spokesperson for the Quebec Fire Protection Service. The building next to the site, which houses the La Piazzetta restaurant, was also evacuated.