'Eyesore' collapsed wall in Northampton still waiting for repairs 10 months after falling apart
Neighbours in Wade Meadow Court woke up one morning in July last year to find a brick wall lining a pathway had crumbled over night into a heap of bricks.
Northampton Borough Council cleared away the bricks before the end of the week and put up a temporary metal safety fence.
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Hide AdAfter that, it fell to Northamptonshire County Council to repair the damage.
But that was the extent of the work to manage the collapsed wall - and now, 10 months later, residents are calling for the county council to finish what they started.
One resident, Henry Langridge, said: "I'm tired of looking at it. It's an eyesore.
"The council are lucky it was in the night or else those bricks could have fallen on someone.
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Hide Ad"But now, for one thing, the metal fencing narrows the pathway down for people on mobility scooters and wheelchairs."
The former wall was in place to separate a neighbourhood car park from a footpath, which ran some five feet beneath it.
But the bare concrete and earth where the bricks fell away is now also the first thing residents in Wade Meadow Court get to look at as they leave their houses.
Henry said: "You can see roots from bushes pushing through now. If something isn't done soon it could get worse.
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Hide Ad"There are eight cars parked up there every night. One of them could come tumbling down if something isn't done."
A spokesman for Northamptonshire County Council said: “The wall is going to be repaired, starting June 17, with the work taking about four weeks weather permitting.
“The fencing currently in place is for safety – this will be taken away once the work starts.”