President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Breil-sur-Roya on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, in an air force helicopter – Daniel Cole / AP / SIPA
Six months after the passage of storm Alex in the Alpes-Maritimes, the inhabitants of the Roya valley are calling the President of the Republic to account. Friday, a support committee launched a petition so that “the financial means promised at the time of his arrival in the aftermath of the disaster be released”. In three days, nearly 6,500 people have already signed.
In the text, the collective details the situation in which the population lives, in particular without access to Italy by the tunnel of the Col de Tende, nor to Castérino, “the tourist lung of Roya”. The petition also recalls the delays in the commissioning of trains and reports “economic activity in great suffering with the closure of shops”.
The latest petition counts more than 55,000 signatures
From this observation, the population is “exhausted” and suffers from “anxiety-depressive disorders noted by local doctors” which are “in sharp increase, consequence of the trauma of the storm, of the anxiety of an uncertain and difficult to read future. leading to a worrying exodus ”.
The Roya Valley Communication Support Committee hopes to reach Emmanuel Macron to release the promised funds but also to allow the creation of a free zone to “save the existing economic activity and stop the exodus of exhausted inhabitants. through so many difficulties. “
Six months ago, this same support committee launched a petition for ” help rebuild the communication routes in the Roya valley »And had collected more than 55,000 signatures.