Long, laborious dismantling ahead for North Yorkshire homes hit my landslip.
Work to demolish a row of cottages overlooking an historic North Yorkshire harbour after a landslide left them in danger of collapse will be “a long, laborious task”, according to engineers.
Preparatory work began yesterday to knock down five homes in Whitby, which are precariously balanced above the River Esk.
But contractors said it will almost certainly be this afternoon now before the buildings themselves come down.
The gardens and patios in front of the 150-year-old terrace slid 10 metresw down towards the harbour in the early hours of Tuesday. And the slope has continued to move since, with a block of rock and earth the size of a minibus crashing into the next row of houses down.
Scarborough Council says it has been left with no choice but to demolish the five former Whitby jet workers’ cottages.
“There’ll be a man going up in a man-riding basket with a bucket and a hammer,” says councillor Mike Cockerill of Scarborough Council. “Basically he’ll be knocking it down brick-by-brick. It’s going to be a long, laborious task.”
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