"That's excellent news." If 80% of construction sites are still stopped in France, this will no longer be the case for that of Notre-Dame de Paris. Stopped due to the coronavirus on March 16, work will gradually resume from Monday, April 27, in stages. The public establishment in charge of restoration still has its sights set on the objective formulated by Emmanuel Macron to rebuild the cathedral by 2024.
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A gradual return to activity on the site ...
For the first stage, essentially consisting in putting back the life base of the site, only about twenty craftsmen and companions will be on site. Then, the numbers will increase in power throughout the month of May to resume work to secure the monument, interrupted with confinement. In particular "clean the undersides of the vaults, the rubble and finish installing the new scaffolding", details at the microphone of Europe 1 Christophe-Charles Rousselot, general delegate of the Notre Dame Foundation.
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It is only after that will certainly begin the most delicate operation of the restoration of the cathedral: the cutting of the scaffolding which partially melted in the fire, last April 15, "which will take several months ", said the delegate.
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... with measures against the coronavirus
But coronavirus obliges, the decision to relaunch the activity on the site "was taken after thorough instruction of the conditions of recovery" with in particular the project management, the companies concerned and on the basis of the "health security recommendations" developed by the government, indicates the public establishment in charge of the restoration. And to specify that the companions working on the site will have masks, access to distributors of hydroalcoholic gel, and will benefit from "accommodation solutions" and meal delivery.