One of the elevators inside a Humphries Court tower on Whitley Road in Collyhurst broke down Thursday morning. The square has two elevators – one serving even floors, the other with odd numbers – meaning residents of the floors affected by the shutdown were “forced to negotiate heavy doors and sliding stairs”, according to an escalator.
Despite a series of complaints from residents of the plot and promises by the North Manchester council’s emergency repair center to fix the problem before the weekend, the damage remained over the weekend. The repairs were not carried out until Monday morning, leaving the tenants on the still affected floors “throughout the weekend”. READ MORE:Wider Manchester faces new drug crisis as anxious patients wait years for surgery, doctors warn Anthony Ross, 58, who is caring for Mary Ross, 84,’s 84-year-old mother after she was hospitalized, said: “It is unacceptable. “Anyone living on the affected floors can not go outside without fresh air. It arrived Sunday afternoon and my mom told me she had to negotiate the stairs. “ Anthony’s elderly mother has “serious mobility problems” and desperately wanted to leave her sixth floor for some exercise and fresh air on Sunday afternoon, as her physiotherapist advised her to help. But even though Anthony contacted Northwards Housing, which manages North Manchester boroughs, and the Manchester City Council, it took days for the damage to be repaired. Mary Ross (Image: Steve Allen) “Contacted the emergency center on several occasions about the situation and on Thursday afternoon, residents were informed that an engineer would be out to fix the problem shortly after 4pm,” Anthony told Manchester Evening News . “They were contacted again on Friday, April 8, when the elevator was not working yet and the residents said that the engineers were waiting for a part, but the elevator would be repaired before the weekend, even if it meant it would be open all night. ” Just Monday morning, around noon, Anthony said the elevator was finally repaired. “Residents should use the stairs to access a floor where there is a lift, but when they bring heavy shopping bags or have furniture deliveries, they are in a very precarious situation where many doors and corridors have to be negotiated to reach the apartments. “, he continued. “And these slippery painted stairs are impossible for the elderly or the disabled to use with walkers or wheelchairs. We have a lot of seniors living here, it is very dangerous for them. “Part of my mom’s physiotherapy is getting up and walking around. He just could not get out because the elevator was down. He ended up saying, “I just have to negotiate the stairs.” Read more related articles Read more related articles As half of the residents may find it difficult to get out of the square if their elevator breaks down, Anthony says the building should be given priority for urgent repairs. The resident claims that this is the “third time” that the elevator has been destroyed in the last 12 months, including the Christmas season, with the repair center saying that it would be New Year’s Eve before returning to operation due to holiday delays. “It is unacceptable in a square like this, where there is an elevator that serves single floors and another that serves even floors,” he added. “Anyone living on the affected floors can not go outside without fresh air. It arrived Sunday afternoon and my mom told me she had to negotiate the stairs. “They are quite modern elevators, it should not be so difficult to obtain and maintain components. There is no excuse. “Residents have campaigned to Northwards Housing and Manchester City Council that such blocks, where elevators do not serve every floor, should be a top priority and accessories for these elevators should be kept ‘on the shelf’ instead of to wait for accessories. arrive from a distributor. “ Read more related articles Read more related articles A Manchester City Council spokesman promised that the lifts would soon serve all floors, saying: to confirm that the lift has been repaired. “There are renovation plans for this financial year that will upgrade both elevators so that both serve all floors – instead of one serving single floors and the other balancing, as is currently the case.” Read more related articles Read more related articles
