Welshpool could be faced with a street closure in the future as the town council received an update on repairs to the town hall.

Welshpool Town Council are still exploring options over what to do with the state of disrepair on the town hall’s clocktower, receiving an update on the structure during their meeting on September 18.

The council wanted to be assured they are moving “as fast as possible”, as operations manager Paul McGrath presented an update on what steps have been taken to repair the structure.

He said: “It’s not easy to find scaffolders who will go that high. One that we were speaking to doesn’t have a license to go that high, while another hasn’t got back to us yet.

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"Another one we spoke to needs weight loads for the roof to see it can stand taking the weight of the work to put scaffolding up.

“There’s also the fact that we would probably need road closures to get it up there, so there’s a lot to organise. That’s where we are.”

Earlier this summer, after a piece of sandstone debris was found on the edge of Welshpool’s Town Hall roof, the town council’s operations team took a closer look at the roof with the use of a quick drone survey by team member Alex Jones.

Their findings, which showed that parts of the roof had deteriorated from years of weathering were shown to the town council, who were “shocked” at the state of the roof and acknowledged they could be facing a big repair bill.

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Discussing their options, Cllr Phil Owen said: “We’re dealing with tortious liability in moving forward with this, a common law concept that encompasses several things such as negligence and action that could be taken if anyone suffers loss or damage.

“As I understand it the bit that fell off was an old repair, which I suspect means that the whole thing isn’t crumbling, so hopefully there’s no immediate danger.

“But think we should have some sort of risk assessment to show we’re aware of it and taking steps to remedy the problem.”