Read all the latest news and updates regarding the wall collapse in Listmas Road. New information is added regularly to keep you up-to-date on what you need to know. The garden wall of the Magpie Community Centre in Chatham dramatically collapsed on Listmas Road at approximately 9:20pm unexpectedly on January 7, 2016, with a huge amount of rubble and earth plunging onto the pavement and road below. Emergency services were called at 9:40pm, with firefighters spending hours assessing the damage at the scene. The following morning staff at the premises, which is run by the All Saints Community Project Trust, were also assessing the damage. The wall was around 120ft long and 9ft in height, with two mini-buses and a car damaged in the incident. Thankfully there were no injuries or fatalaties in the unanticipated collapse. Temporary works to make the immediate area safe commenced on February 1st and were completed on February 15. Contractors have cleared the rubble and shored up the remaining section of the wall, to prevent it from falling and making the area safe.
The Magpie Centre and Cafe remained closed to visitors since the incident in early January, but the facility re-opened on February 22. Listmas Road also remained closed to traffic, however it re-opened to motorists on February 15. The Arriva 164 bus has also returned to its usual route and therefore will not be travelling on its diversion route anymore. For further updates and information on the incident, please keep up-to-date by visiting the All Saints Community Project Trust Facebook page and Twitter profile, as well as visiting their website at www.allsaintscommunityproject.org.uk. Comments are closed.
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