Engineer who helped build Melbourne’s public housing towers condemns plan to demolish ‘icons’

Victorian government defends redevelopment, saying towers are outdated and unsafe as inquiry continuesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn engineer who helped build Melbourne’s public housing towers in the 1960s has condemned the Victorian government’s plan to demolish them, saying it is expensive, unnecessary and environmentally irresponsible.Gerry Noonan, who worked on most of the city’s 44 towers, told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into their redevelopment they should be refurbished and upgraded instead – citing the financial cost and carbon impact of demolition and rebuilding. Continue reading...

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