Geotechnical professionals will arrive in Campbell River Thursday to determine what steps will be made to ensure a repeat of the landslide which happened at 738 Island Highway doesn91裸聊视频檛 happen again.
The landslide, which occurred on Tuesday evening, took place on the south end of Hillside Place, collapsing a garage parkade and resulting in the evacuation of some 30 residents of both 738 and 758 Island Highway, said Acting City Manager Drew Hadfield in a virtual call with the media Thursday.
Hadfield said that after the first landslide, which took place at 7 p.m., a second, much smaller one occurred about a 30 minutes later. It was then determined evacuation was the best course of action.
91裸聊视频淚nvestigation was done this morning to determine the issues associated with the slide,91裸聊视频� said Hadfield. 91裸聊视频淥ur focus at the time of evacuation was to ensure public safety, and that91裸聊视频檚 why we moved in the direction of evacuation residents of the location.91裸聊视频�
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Hadfield said that geotechnical professionals will be determining slope stability behind the units, and determine what steps are necessary to ensure that future issues associated with the slide could be addressed.
Strathcona Regional District Protective Services Coordinator Shaun Koopman said that a residence centre had been set up at Campbell River Baptist Church, located at 260 Dogwood St., as well as a second one which was set up at the Strathcona Gardens recreation centre earlier Wednesday.
91裸聊视频淭he Emergency Support Services have logged around 110 hours helping residents impacted with their basic needs,91裸聊视频� said Koopman. 91裸聊视频淭here are about 25 volunteers. I raise my hand to these folks, who have put their lives on hold to assist with their communities.91裸聊视频�
In addition, the city has arranged for residents to stay with others and get some personal belongings, as Koopman says that a group lodging facility was the 91裸聊视频渨orse case scenario91裸聊视频�
The slide is still considered active, so the building will not be occupied until the hillside is stabilized. It is not known when residents will be able to re-enter their homes.
91裸聊视频淚 think at this point in time, we91裸聊视频檙e unable to let them know as far as a return date,91裸聊视频� said Hadfield. 91裸聊视频淎t this point, we want to let them know a geotechnical assessment is done, to let them know there91裸聊视频檚 no risk to 738 Island Highway.91裸聊视频�
Edward Hitchins
edward.hitchins@campbellrivermirror.com
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