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Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower lift to be left in position | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
A glass lift on Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower will not be repaired, councillors have agreed. | |
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. |
The council had the option of removing or replacing the lift, but has opted to leave it in its present state. | |
The tower, which is the UK's tallest public building outside London, has an internal lift which can be used for emergency access. | |
Last month Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said: "When it was first designed, it 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." |