Cornwall Council engineers stepped in after a retaining wall collapsed in February 2024.
Cornwall Council is taking legal action against a property owner over a repair bill of hundreds of thousands of pounds following a landslide in the town, a member of the local authority has said., sending tonnes of rock and earth across the highway.
West Looe Cornwall councillor Jim Candy said the authority had to step in, claiming the property owner had failed to deal with the collapsed retaining wall. There has been no comment from the owner of the property, despite repeated attempts by the BBC to contact them.She said: "To ensure safe access in and out of the town and ensure the businesses keep open, particularly undergoing work so that it's completed prior to the Christmas period, which I was really glad to see happen, was absolutely essential."
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