Some Pierrefonds residents have had to put up with overwhelming odours coming from a nearby quarry for years but recently they've also had to put up with vibrations coming from there.
Sylvain Guillaume said for the past month or so, he and his family have been living with constant vibrations shaking their home. He said his two small children have been asking why the doors in their house have been vibrating when they're trying to sleep.
"It's like, Tac tac tac tac tac tac," said Guillaume, describing the constant sound.
He's new to the area. His neighbours have been experiencing the unsettling vibrations for six months. They reached out to yourstory@cjad.com.
After being contacted by CJAD 800, the borough and city discovered it was coming from the flare system that was cranked up to 150% to keep the odours at bay.
But now that they've lowered the power, the smells are unfortunately now stronger. The quarry was turned into a landfill for construction materials about two decades ago.
There could be a solution to their problems in the coming year.
The landfill owner, Matrec has been waiting on permits for work to install more wells and flare systems to diminish the stench. Quebec's environment ministry told CJAD 800 the greenlight was given last month.
Matrec said work will begin by the end of next month and hopefully be done by early 2021 or if all goes well, perhaps late 2020.
"I hope the problem will be solved by this project," said Guillaume.
"But without the vibrations."