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Radio London,4 mins

Balconies 'doomed from the start' on £41m estate

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A Âé¶¹Éç London investigation has found balconies on a new-build housing estate in east London, built by construction giant Bouygues UK, were so poorly designed they "posed a risk to life". The Âé¶¹Éç previously revealed a balcony that partially collapsed on the Weavers Quarter in Barking was built using the wrong materials, leading to hundreds of residents being told their balconies were unsafe. But experts who reviewed the original plans obtained by the Âé¶¹Éç now say the balconies were fatally flawed and prone to collapse from the start, even if built to specification. Âé¶¹Éç London's Guy Lynn has the story.

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