Improved City Walls information now available on-line
Cheshire West and Chester Council is now using QR codes to update visitors on specific locations on Chester’s City Walls and has revamped the City Walls webpage on its website.
QR code information boards are now in place at the 1966 Bridge (over Nicholas Street) and the Recorder Steps where scaffolding is in place, as well as the location where lime mortar trials are taking place by Chester Cathedral stonemasons. The QR code directs smartphone users to the dedicated City Walls webpage.
The revamped webpage gives an overview of the City Walls, including information and videos on day-to-day maintenance programmes, as well as current work on the City Walls, an archive and timeline of previously completed projects, including videos, and frequently asked questions.
Information on progress with the repairs to the collapsed section of the City Walls will appear on this page when available.
Preparation work has started at the collapse site and passers-by may have noticed the preparation of the concrete footings for the scaffold ramp that will be built to access the site under the Grosvenor Shopping Centre car park access ramp.
The Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Highways, Councillor Karen Shore said: