By Kim Saulse
14 February 2010
The City’s Disaster Risk Management announced today that the landmark Athlone cooling towers will be demolished by the end of April.
The towers, located next to the N2 highway, were declared unsafe as one of the structures’ support rails fell to the ground this morning.
In a statement the city says “the N2 was closed as a precautionary measure for a very short period, but reopened after structural engineers advised there was no danger to passing traffic”.
Clive Justus, Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services, City of Cape Town says the towers serve no useful purpose.
“Electricity generation on the site was stopped in 2002 and there was no plans for any future generation on site. A decision to decommission the site was taken in
2006,” said Justus.
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