A subdivision of 14 luxury mansions abandoned after sinkholes began to form

陥没穴のせいで14棟の大邸宅の区画全体が放棄された!!

Frustration continues for homeowners on the Sunshine Coast who have undergone a years-long nightmare involving their properties.Residents of 14 properties in the Seawatch subdivision were forced to evacuate their homes in February 2019, when erosion and sinkholes rendered the subdivision unsafe for habitation prompting a state of local emergency.The state of emergency was finally lifted in 2022, but residents have been unable to return.In the years since, the houses have been vandalized and their assessed value has dropped from about a million dollars to two dollars.

When the B.C. Supreme Court declared a state of emergency in Sechelt's Seawatch subdivision unlawful in January, owners of the 14 sinkhole-affected properties wondered what the ruling would mean for them and their empty dream homes.On Friday, they learned what the District of Sechelt's response would be: they were offered keys to the gate that's part of a permanent barbed wire fence now enclosing the subdivision.Ed Pednaud is one of the homeowners. In February 2019, he, his wife Rae-Dene and their two boys, Grant and Henry, were forced to hastily evacuate their home.

The District of Sechelt has closed Seawatch Lane, west of 6649 Seawatch, to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, although the five homes with driveways on Seawatch Lane can still be accessed.