Residents of Richelieu Valley pressure government to rebuild faster

About 60 Richelieu Valley residents held a meeting yesterday. They are calling on the province of Quebec for help.

Last spring’s record-breaking floods forced  many of them into hotels and trailers.

They are stressed out and fed up. And they want answers.

Gérard Doutie says they’ve waited too long for the financial aid they had been promised. He’s the mayor of Saint Paul de l'ile Noix. A town where more than 500 homes were flooded.

Quebec has responded by sending several case specialists.They will look into major damages on some of the homes. And the government has raised the maximum damage claim from 100-thousand to 150-thousand dollars.

Photo taken in May 2011 in Richelieu valley.