After the collapse of 700 m3 of rock which took place this Sunday August 27 in Freney, in Savoie, the A43 motorway and the RD1006 are still cut, and SNCF traffic between France and Italy remains interrupted until new order. The area, still unstable, is under heightened surveillance. Technical expertise is in progress.
A crisis meeting was held early Monday morning and an interservice command post was set up during the day by the sub-prefect of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, the day after the landslide that took place this Sunday, August 27 in Frenay, Savoie.
The images are impressive: in total, 700 m3 of rock poured onto the RD 1006, causing the closure of several roads and railways, still in progress this Monday, August 28.
“The area remains under enhanced surveillance, additional investigations are being carried out”indicates the prefecture of Savoie this Monday evening, by means of a press release.
Indeed, the cliff was still unstable, as the journalists from France 3 Alpes present on the spot could see. This video shows new boulder falls that occurred Monday morning.
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Landslide in Savoie: new rock falls, the cliff still unstable • ©Renaud Gardette / France 3 Alpes
The Savoie prefecture therefore maintains the closure of these road and rail axes until further notice:
The RD 1006 is closed and a diversion is set up by the RD 215a via the capital of the commune of Saint-André (for light vehicles only), The Maurienne motorway is closed between ramps number 29 and 30 in both directions of traffic, The Frégus road tunnel is closed to traffic for all road vehicles over 3.5 tonnes between France and Italy (in both directions), Trucks and coaches are invited to transit via the A8 motorway (Franco-Italian border between Ventimiglia and Menton, editor’s note) because the Mont-Blanc tunnel is congested with more than three hours of traffic jams on each side of the border SNCF traffic is interrupted between France and Italy at Maurienne level.
This Monday evening, the prefect of Savoie calls on motorists and inhabitants of the municipalities concerned to “Be careful in this sector” and ensure that “all the services are mobilized to secure the area and to allow the continuation of the economic activities of the territory”.
He also indicates that a press conference will be held on Tuesday August 29 at 11 a.m. in Modane, to provide a new update on the situation.
A landslide of 700m3 of rock took place this Sunday August 27 between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Modane, in Savoie. Traffic on the A43 motorway, the RD1006 departmental road and the SNCF line between France and Italy, is interrupted until further notice. • © Twitter capture / Clément Beaune
A few minutes after the landslide, the Savoy prefecture announced that it had occurred in a “particularly guarded sector“.
“We came close to disaster” confides Jean-Claude Raffin, the mayor of Modane, a town located a few kilometers from the site of the landslide. Impressed by the images, the city councilor recalls that “there have been landslides in the area for more than twenty years“but that significant security work had been carried out in recent years.
We did not expect a landslide of this magnitude.
Jean-Claude Raffin, Mayor of Modane
The chosen one took care of around forty travelers, stranded at Modane station, by hosting them with locals, in hotels or at the center of the Red Cross in the town.
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