Sunday afternoon, four fragile people were evacuated by helicopter: two to a hospital and two to a retirement home.
franceinfo – with France Bleu Provence
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Published on 28/10/2024 10:07
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“It will take general solidarity to be able to get people out” blocked by the collapse of a bridge in Le Muy, reacted Liliane Boyer, the mayor of the town, guest on the morning show of France Bleu Provence Monday October 28. More than 500 people are stranded at a holiday village after the only access was damaged and rendered unusable due to bad weather over the weekend. She relies on state aid.
“The river level will drop”declared the mayor, who explained that the stranded people will be evacuated by “a ford a little further” thanks to “a departmental track” Who “will be rehabilitated”explained Liliane Boyer without giving a deadline. Sunday afternoon, four fragile people were evacuated by helicopter: two to a hospital and two to a retirement home.
In the meantime, vacationers are not “not cut off from the world because we take care of it”assured Liliane Boyer. “I believe that everyone has an eye on this situation and then solutions will be found, but they will be found a little in the long term,” she explained. A “secure pedestrian bridge” is notably in project, but its construction will take “at least fifteen days”.
The bridge that collapsed is “a private bridge” who had not suffered “technical visit. […] He went off the radar.”indicated the mayor, who ensures that “everything will be done to ensure that this situation does not persist”. “The State will organize itself and I trust them”she said.
The Var department has no longer been on orange “rain-flood” and “flood” alert since Sunday 4 p.m.
