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The BBC is this morning reporting that a multi-storey car park that partially collapsed will need to be demolished.
The top deck of the Walkden Street car park in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, which had been shut since February last year due to safety concerns, suffered “structural damage” at the end of August.
Now, Mansfield District Council has said inspections have shown a full demolition of the site is needed “to prevent any further risk to the public and to prevent any future collapses”.
Council chief executive, James Biddlestone, said the council had started the process of appointing a contractor.
The authority is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the car park, which is leased from the Tesco supermarket.
It said in “unprecedented situations” such as this, the council had powers to take immediate action and then recover reasonable expenses.
If you’d like to know more about the worrying condition of many of the UK’s multi-storey car parks, then check out this exclusive Demolition News video featuring Mike Kehoe of C&D Engineering Consultants.
