Chatham-Kent working to finish demolition at 47 and 49 Queen Street North in Tilbury

47 and 49 Queen Street in Tilbury. (Source: Municipality of Chatham-Kent)

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is working to finish its demolition work in Tilbury after pausing due to structural issues.

The work was stopped at 47 and 49 Queen Street North after engineers said structural issues at neighbouring buildings made it dangerous to continue.

According to the municipality, 45 and 55 Queen Street are privately owned and the owners and working on a plan to correct the structural issues.

On Feb. 3, the private owner’s insurer told Chatham-Kent it had obtained an engineers report with the recommendations. After they are corrected, the demolition will be finished.

The demolition project began in 2022 when Municipal Building Services got complains about a collapsing building at 47 and 49 Queen Street.

The owner was issued an order to “Remedy an Unsafe Building”, but mandatory steps weren’t taken, leading to the demolition order.