Decision Time on Parkgate, "I am not a crack" Options

[Simon Kirby]

NTC set a deadline for the end of August for Costain either to accept or deny liability for what the council claim was crack damage caused by Costain's dewatering of the Parkway underground carpark construction site. If Costain accept liability for any damage then they'll be obliged to pay to repair it, and if the deadline passes and they haven't accepted liability then NTC have said that they will sue the company for the cost of repairing the damage without any further delay. NTC have so far spent in the region of £20k in professional fees, but have conspicuously failed to publish the hydrogeological report that they commissioned, citing various excuses along the way, and most recently blaming Costain for refusing to sanction its publication. It'll be good to see some closure on this now, and to get the report into the public domain.