• A security order for the building located at 85, cours Victor Hugo, was issued this Friday by the city of Bordeaux.

  • Five other buildings located in the immediate vicinity are targeted by an order prohibiting access and living, and will be closed from this Friday evening.

  • Rue Buhan and a lane in Cours Victor Hugo are also covered by a traffic ban decree.

After the collapse of two buildings in rue de la Rousselle on June 20, the situation of old housing in the center of Bordeaux is being observed with a magnifying glass.

The city of Bordeaux indicates this Friday that it has issued "an order for the security of the building located at 85, cours Victor Hugo, the back of which is on rue Buhan", following the report Thursday from the condominium association "as to to the deterioration of the exterior of the building ”.

The five buildings in the immediate vicinity (83 and 87 cours Victor Hugo, 35 and 36 rue Buhan and 22 rue Teulère) are targeted by a decree prohibiting access and living, and three businesses by bans on 'to exploit.

Rue Buhan and a lane in Cours Victor Hugo are also covered by a traffic ban decree.

"Structural degradation of the building"

A visit to the building at 85, cours Victor Hugo, this Friday "confirmed the structural degradation of the building, the imminent danger of which was established by decree during the day" specifies the municipality. As a precaution, a security perimeter has been defined, including five buildings. The city requested the appointment of an expert by the administrative court "to urgently study the level of dangerousness of the building, adapt the security perimeter in function and recommend the security work to be implemented. "

The municipality warns that “all buildings will be locked from this Friday and a guard will be in place from 9 pm to prohibit any intrusion into the security perimeter.

A hotline is planned via the town switchboard (05 56 10 20 30), to inform residents returning at the end of August.

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