Demolition articles
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Proposed Seattle vacant building demolition bill could cost city up to $500,000
(The Center Square) – An emergency bill to allow the Seattle Fire Department to conduct demolition of unsafe vacant buildings in Seattle would cost the city up to $500,000 this year before potential reimbursements. The emergency legislation was proposed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Thursday. The Seattle Public Safety Committee was briefed on the proposed bill on Tuesday. Harrell’s emergency legislation comes as a result of the number of fires in vacant...
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Residents to continue fighting demolition of Melbourne public housing towers despite court setback
Pledge comes after Victoria’s supreme court dismisses residents’ class action against government, saying it has ‘no real prospect of success’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court has dismissed a class action that was attempting to stop the demolition of Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers, saying it had no real prospect of success.But the Inner Melbourne Community Legal service,...
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Big Spring leaders consider plans for new center amid Dora Roberts demolition
BIG SPRING, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- City leaders in Big Spring are considering recommendations from a committee of community members tasked with presenting ideas on how the City should proceed with the construction of a new community center. On July 1, 2023, officers with the Big Spring Police Department and crews with the Big Spring Fire Department []