Efforts to tear down two tower blocks in Newcastle’s East End have been hit by yet another setback.
Council bosses have confirmed that the empty Titan House and Hexham House will remain part of the Walker skyline well into 2023, with their demolition put on hold once again. Plans have been in the works since 2018 to remove the two 16-storey blocks, but they are still standing after the project suffered a series of delays.
The latest hold-up has been blamed on the discovery of a large gas pipe at the base of the towers, which has resulted in the demolition work being pushed back from a scheduled start date last week to after the Christmas holidays.
