The Riverine Herald

WIN A RIVERBOATS DOUBLE PASS

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THE footpath around the Echuca water tower on the corner of High and Pakenham streets has been reopened for pedestrian­s traffic after four months of closure.

Coliban Water infrastruc­ture manager Corey Bourne said scaffoldin­g around the tower had been installed in late December to allow ongoing assessment work to continue and safe pedestrian access through the area.

The footpath was closed in late August 2018 following some materials which dislodged from the roof area of the tower.

An engineerin­g report in recent months confirmed the material was decorative coping from under the edge of the roof, and not a structural part of the tower.

The report also identified a further piece of coping which had dislodged but was sitting in a bracket at the top of the tower.

The reinforced concrete tower was built in 1915.

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