Since this double collapse in rue Pierre Mauroy, a shopping street in the city center, 266 reports have been made by tenants or owners, worried in particular about the presence of cracks, listed Ms. Aubry during a press conference. .
Emergency safety orders or formal notices to carry out work were issued in 36 cases.
An emergency evacuation has been ordered for a total of 18 buildings. Eight buildings remain evacuated to this day.
"Just after the buildings collapsed, we had a concern - I'm not talking about panic because I didn't feel it," described the mayor.
"We find it good because it means that people are more attentive," she added, recalling that the upkeep and maintenance of the buildings were the responsibility of the owners.
The town hall seized the prosecutor for endangering the lives of others for three buildings on rue de la Monnaie, in Old Lille, "scandalized" by the state in which they were.
As part of the investigation into the November collapse, the forensic expert's report is expected in June. The mayor stressed that there were in any case "no poles and no clay" below these buildings.
"There are houses on stilts in Lille but not rue Pierre Mauroy", she insisted, pointing out that other large cities such as Bordeaux or Lyon were much more exposed than Lille to the problem of shrinkage-swelling of clays.
In rue Pierre Mauroy, the first building, dating from the XNUMXth century, had been evacuated the night before the collapse thanks to an alert given by students. A doctor who was in the second building had been found dead in the rubble.
An investigation was opened for "endangering the lives of others" and "manslaughter".