£300,000 repairs set to go ahead to wall by seafront

REPAIRS COSTING hundreds of thousands of pounds are due to carried out in Scarborough following a landslide which damaged historic beach chalets.

The work is set to get under way after the chalets which are on the town’s South Bay were damaged when a retaining wall collapsed during the landslip in March last year.

A further slip in November destroyed most of the Grade II listed chalets, leading to their collapse.

The area has been closed off ever since, restricting access to the Clock Café, a popular business with both residents and visitors.

The authority’s cabinet met last year and approved plans to repair the area so the chalets would be able to be restored.

The cabinet member for environment and sustainability, Coun Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff, will be asked on Tuesday to approve the appointment of a new contractor to carry out the repairs to the wall.

The authority had previously failed to agree to terms with its original choice of contractor.

CAN Geotechnical Ltd has been identified as the preferred tenderer to carry out the work, at a cost of £309,000.

The council last year also agreed to explore how to replace the chalets, with 11 earmarked to be built on the same footprint as the previous chalets.

If Coun Donohue-Moncrieff does approve the contract, representatives from CAN Geotechnical Ltd have told the council they will be able to start work on the retaining wall if they are given a three-week notice period.

It is hoped the repairs will be completed by the middle of August as construction is legally allowed to continue during the coronavirus lockdown.