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Tuesday, September 25, 1973

CLOSURE ORDERS ON 31 FLATS AT GRENVILLE HOUSE LIFTED

The occupants of 31 flats at Grenville House, Magazine Gap Road,

which were closed as a precautionary measure after the May Road landslide

on September 2 can now return to their homes.

The Building Authority announced today that the closure orders on

these flats had been lifted and notices to this effect were posted this

afternoon.

A spokesman for the Building Ordinance Office pointed out, how

ever, that 40 flats remain under closure, but he hoped that a decision

on them would be taken soon.

The re-occupation of the 31 flats has been made possible by the

progress of work on demolishing the remaining portion of a retaining wall

above May Road and on removing landslide debris from the road itself. As

this work has advanced, so the potential danger to flats on some upper and

middle storeys has receded.

The 31 flats comprise 21 on the 6th to the 12th storeys (in-

clusive) of Blocks A, B and C, and 10 flats on the 4th and 5th storeys

of Blocks D,E,F,G and H.

The spokesman said that if progress on the demolition and re-

moval work could be satisfactorily maintained, it was likely that a de-

cision could be reached within a week on the rest of the closed flats at

Grenville House.

As has been previously announced, the effect of the closure

orders has already been eased by facilities allowing occupants of closed

flats to have access to them during the day time,

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