From New Zealand-The Anglican Church's plans for the Christchurch Cathedral site will be revealed this month, but campaigners are still battling to save the quake-damaged building.
The Great Building Trust has revealed its plans to make the building safe without risking the workers. But the church's own engineers disagree.
Christchurch's Anglican cathedral is still dividing opinions of those within the Church, the city and the experts. The Anglican Church wants it demolished, but there are still people fighting hard to restore it.
“It's a question of will,” says Jim Anderson of the Great Christchurch Building Trust. “Unfortunately the bishop has made it clear she does not [want to save the building], but there are plenty of people who do.”
The Great Christchurch Building Trust says it can make the building safe and has commissioned a report showing how. It would involve pulling down the west wall and porch of the church, then sliding a siege engine, or protective frame, into the building, which would shelter workers as they made the building safe. The engineers who came up with the plan say it's robust.
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