Help us saving the Trou d'Haquin (Belgium) from destruction

Luc

New member
Hi all,
I am a Belgian caver, involved in exploration of the Belgian underground, as well as in the Pyr?n?es (France) (Anialarra, Pic de Ger).

I am contacting you because a major cave in Belgium is threatened by the possible construction of a new road in the middle of nowhere, despite the fact that the road density of the country is the world's most important (http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Belgium/Transport)

To help us, I would like to ask you to be so kind to signing a petition.  Here is a copy of the mail I am sending a bit everywhere, including the link for petition.  Please write in the comment that you are a caver :


As you may know, There are plans for a new road  between the N4 and the river Meuse, between the villages of Courri?re and Mont?Godinne.
This project will :
-transform village streets and country roads (50-70km/h) into regional roads (90km/h)
-create a new road in the middle of fields, and will be placed on top of the Trou d?Haquin, destroying the cave and its valley forever.


You can find more info about the project on www.n931.be (sorry , in French only...)


To help the committee that opposes to the project, I would like you to sign the petition here :

https://www.change.org/p/pr%C3%A9servons-notre-patrimoine-exceptionnel-du-projet-de-voie-rapide-meuse-e411?recruiter=13464094&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Thank you for sharing this mail with as many people as possible here in Belgium or abroad.  The trou d?Haquin is a major cave in Belgium, and has probably been visited by each and every caver who ever came to Belgium.

Thank you very very much for your support, and have a nice day.

Luc
 

Luc

New member
Thank you all guys!  :clap:
The counter jumped by >100 just this morning thanks to your support.

Keep on pushing.  I hope to be able in a few months to tell you that the project is abandoned.  (y)


FYI, my team (www.grps.be) is working since 3 years  to completely re-survey the cave to the very last bit.  The old topographies are a mix of different maps surveyed over the last 70 years (from 1947 to 1995), with numerous problems of orientations, angles and proportions.  With modern techniques (Disto X, what else?) we are making a tremendously more precise drawing and managed to double the previous estimation.  And it is not yet finished.
 

Luc

New member
Hi everyone,

Today I am happy  ;)
Even if I am still a bit cautious (politicians, you know them...), I am veeery  happy to announce you that the project is very likely to be abandoned.  The caves are saved.  The road will not be. Country will remain country. The last new alternative trajectory (the 11th one!)  of the road has been buried just a few days after its publication. 
There were over 300 contributions coming  from the UK in the online petition.
http://www.n931.be/

Thank you a billion times for everything  :clap:,  particularly to those who contacted me with a special word of support. Very much appreciated.
Have a nice day  :beer:
Luc
 
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