市长雅克·阿拉尔站在如今将他的小镇拉桑松一分为二的70英尺宽缺口前。
Mayor Jacques Allard stands in front of the 70-foot gap that now divides his town of L’Ascension.
地面上用白色喷漆画出的线条标记着持续不断的侵蚀，每次降雨都会让侵蚀加剧。
Spray painted white lines on the ground track the ongoing erosion that continues with every rainfall.
8月3日，暴雨冲毁了连接这个小镇与里维耶尔-鲁日市的主街和拉桑松路的部分路段，至今已过去82天。市长表示，拉桑松这边已经准备好开始修路。
It's been 82 days since heavy rain washed away parts of Principale Street and de L’Ascension Road that connects the small municipality to the city of Rivière-Rouge on Aug. 3. The mayor says on its end, L’Ascension is ready to start work to repair the road.
他们已找好承包商，工程方案已经就绪，替换用的涵洞——直径是原先的两倍——正闲置在环绕巨大坑洞的防护围栏旁。那么，延误的原因是什么？
They have their contractor, the engineer plans are in place and the replacement culvert — twice the diameter of the previous one — is sitting idly by the protective fencing that surrounds the giant crater. So what's the delay?
市政府表示，他们正在等待魁北克省政府放行，以便开始修复工程。据承包商预计，工程将耗时五周，费用约为300万加元。
The municipality says it's waiting for the green light from the Quebec government to begin the repair, which their contractor expects to take five weeks and cost roughly $3 million.
所需工程的报告还必须提交加拿大渔业和海洋部审批——这份报告花了70天才获得批准，随后又被送交政府。
A report of the required work also had to be sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada for approval — a report that took 70 days to be approved and was then sent to the government.
拉桑松目前正在等待确认，他们将获得为受自然灾害影响的市镇提供财政支持的项目补贴。阿拉尔表示，拖慢这项工作的官僚程序令人无法接受。
L’Ascension is now awaiting confirmation that they will receive the subsidy from the program that provides financial support to municipalities affected by natural disasters. Allard says the bureaucracy slowing down this work is unacceptable.
“通常他们有快速通道的程序。现在却是一条非常缓慢的通道，”他说。
“Normally they have a protocol to fast track. Now it is a very slow track," he said.
300人与社区隔绝 湍急的水流撕开了部分沥青路面、冲垮了涵洞，留下的坑洞深45英尺、宽70英尺。
300 people cut off The crater left behind by the rushing water that ripped up sections of asphalt and collapsed culverts is 45 feet deep and 70 feet wide.
这个小镇的少数人口中有30%住在缺口另一侧，这意味着约300人与他们的社区隔绝。
Thirty per cent of the small population lives on the other side of the gap, meaning around 300 people are cut off from their community.
尼古拉·科泰在镇上经营一家小杂货店。他说，由于交通不便，生意与去年相比已经下滑了15%。
Nicolas Côté owns a small grocery store in town. He says business is already down 15 per cent compared to last year due to its inaccessibility.
缺口另一侧的居民要么到附近的里维耶尔-鲁日市购物，要么绕行一个多小时才能到达当地的杂货店。
Residents on the other side of the gap must either take their business to the nearby town of Rivière-Rouge or make a detour of more than an hour to reach their local grocery store.
Côté 表示，当你生活在一个人口刚刚不到 1000 人的小镇时，这里更像是一个大家庭。
Côté says when you live in a small town where the population is just shy of 1,000 people, it's more like a family.
他说，许多人给他发来信息，希望维修工作能尽快完成，这样他们就能再见到他，并能在当地的商店购物。
He says many people have sent him messages saying they hope the repairs happen soon so they will see him again and be able to shop at their local store.
“也许修起来很难，但等待这么久……我们仍然不知道会发生什么，”Côté 说。
“Maybe it's tough to fix, but to wait so much time … and we still don't know what will happen," Côté said.
随着冬天临近，Allard 表示社区内充满了焦虑。他也担心如果维修工作不能尽快完成，会造成经济影响。
With winter coming, Allard says there is a lot of anxiety within the community. He is also concerned about the financial impact if the repairs are not completed as soon as possible.
“另一方面，以前到这里只需五分钟。现在要 50 分钟。冬天我们怎么支付除雪费用？卡车将不得不绕道行驶。我们将面临巨大的燃油开支，”他说。
“On the other side, it takes five minutes to get here. Now it's 50 minutes. How will we pay to remove the snow in the winter? The trucks will have to make this detour. We will have a big expense for fuel," he said.
CBC 新闻联系了国内安全部寻求置评。该部表示，目前正在审查该案卷，并将尽快确认该工程是否符合获得财政援助的资格。
CBC News reached out to the Domestic Security Ministry for comment. It said it is currently reviewing the file and will confirm, as soon as possible, whether the work is eligible for financial assistance.