The two large workshops at the rear, they are not affected for the moment by this demolition and are occupied by the company of Mr. Jourdan. “These are two large buildings of 4,000 m2 that I have been renting for fifteen years. The whole site is a private property and the entry is prohibited. I also placed my name and that of my company on the barrier at the entrance. But constantly, people come to walk there without authorization, squat the premises and fly! “, Lands Frédéric Jourdan.
Quantity flights
The business manager testifies: “ There are fed up! Our site in Latour was stolen four times on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Saturday and again this Sunday, June 29! And there was questioning twice because we are monitoring the site. I don’t want the police of the Gaume zone who is doing a maximum to help us, she managed to stop authors and even deployed drones to identify the thieves.
But there, the flights become unbearable!
In a few months, we were stolen for 6000 liters of diesel, hundreds of meters of electric cables, electric cabinets. I was also stolen from two trailer plates, which means that I have to spend thousands of euros to ask for change of plaques when I circulate my trucks abroad.
And the trucks of the Jourdan group, they make miles! Since in addition to the job of troubleshooting for heavy goods vehicles, the Jourdan group also provides more and more exceptional convoys, for the Belgian army, the Grand-Ducal army, the Burgo factory, the François Paletries, etc.
“We will stay on site at Latour until the beginning of 2027 because I bought 3 ha of land from the Burgo company and I will settle there in Rouvroy in a year and a half. Idélux has been cleaning up and then depolluating the whole site of Latour to accommodate future companies and SMEs “Adds Frédéric Jourdan.
Arrests
On the side of the Gaume police zone, it is confirmed that the old SNCB-Ravago site of Latour poses big concerns in terms of security. It is 38 ha and it is difficult to monitor such a large area.
“A suspect hidden in a roof and who was on illegal stay was arrested by our services on June 13. He was part of a band of 4 individuals”explains Jean-Yves Schul, corps chief of the Gaume area.
The author was caught in the act of fuel flight. But for similar facts, it was not possible to charge it and make it incarcerate.
