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| Decision due on Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower's lift | Decision due on Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower's lift |
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| Councillors are to meet to discuss whether to remove a glass lift from Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. | |
| The external lift has been broken since the 558ft (179m) Hampshire attraction opened in 2005 after a five-year delay. | The external lift has been broken since the 558ft (179m) Hampshire attraction opened in 2005 after a five-year delay. |
| Last month the Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said no more attempts would be made to fix it. | Last month the Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said no more attempts would be made to fix it. |
| Cabinet members are due to meet to decide whether to remove it, replace it or leave it in its present state. The tower also has an internal lift. | |
| Mr Vernon-Jackson said: "When it was first designed, it [the lift] was absolutely vital because it was a means of firemen getting in and out of the tower, if there was a problem, and disabled access. | Mr Vernon-Jackson said: "When it was first designed, it [the lift] was absolutely vital because it was a means of firemen getting in and out of the tower, if there was a problem, and disabled access. |
| "What we have done over the last five years is to find alternative routes and so it's no longer needed either for fire access or for disabled access - we can do that with the other lift. | "What we have done over the last five years is to find alternative routes and so it's no longer needed either for fire access or for disabled access - we can do that with the other lift. |
| "There seems to be absolutely no point in spending more money on trying to get something to work which we tried to do for years. It is not a business-sensible decision to do." | "There seems to be absolutely no point in spending more money on trying to get something to work which we tried to do for years. It is not a business-sensible decision to do." |
| The £36m tower is the UK's tallest public building outside London. | The £36m tower is the UK's tallest public building outside London. |