The collapse of a huge tree is one of the most visible signs of the erosion that Pointe Langevin has suffered in recent months.
Last fall, he was up, there he went to bed and at the end of the summer he will be in the water, imagined Daniel Murray, president of the Vauvert Owners League. The tip is abandoned. It erodes in every way. There is no protection.
Daniel Murray, who is the president of the League of Vauvert owners, deplores the inaction of elected officials in the Pointe Langevin file.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Laurie Gobeil
If the point is eroding and the vegetation is moving, the same cannot be said for this file, say the residents.
Historically, the multinational Rio Tinto claims that it is the Petite rivière Péribonka, where it has no dam, which causes the erosion of Pointe Langevin. For their part, residents argue that it is the Péribonka River, whose flow is regulated by Rio Tinto, which is the cause. The point is located where these two rivers meet, near Lac Saint-Jean.
As much the policy as the company, there is nothing more that moves, still lamented Daniel Murray. Nobody agrees on anything. Will we have to go to two or three houses before the government acts?
Another citizen who feels his house is condemned worries about his neighbours.
Me, it’s too late for my house, it’s going to disappear, it’s too damaged, but at least they save the 18 or 19 other houses that are abandoned. There’s still time to do it
launched Serge Provencher.
Serge Provencher fears losing his house in the next few years.
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The elected officials say they understand the distress of the residents, but they summon the deputy for Roberval, Nancy Guillemette, and Rio Tinto to act.
I think that Rio Tinto can actually do more, but it is above all the government that gave all the hydraulic rights over the Péribonka River, on the Grande-Décharge, which also withdraws millions in hydraulic royalties, it should be mentioned , of these dams in the Generations Fund for the Government of Quebec. Who pays for this? It’s us here
denounced Luc Simard, prefect of the MRC of Maria-Chapdelaine and president of Un lac pour tous.
A meeting last week
The mayor of Dolbeau-Mistassini, André Guy, would also like a solution to be found.
We met again with the people from Rio Tinto last week who told us that they were partners in finding a financial solution to the file. In the equation, we are missing an X somewhere that we have to try to find
he began.
He also found hope in the Program for Resilience and Adaptation to Floods (PRAFI) which has just been set up by Quebec.
We will try to see with the politician if we can include the people of Pointe Langevin in this program to relocate properties
chained the mayor of Dolmiss.
The Mayor of Dolbeau-Mistassini, André Guy
Photo: Radio-Canada / Laurie Gobeil
Elected officials are counting on government involvement between now and the next election.
As for Nancy Guillemette, her office sent information to Radio-Canada at the end of the day.
After verification, we are informed that there has been no new information since August 2021
mentioned Cindy Migneault, Nancy Guillemette’s attaché.
According to her, no new setback has been reported and the Regional Analysis and Expertise Department has not received any request for authorization from the City to carry out work there.
Based on a report by Laurie Gobeil
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