Notre Dame Is Still At Risk From Fused Scaffolding
- Renovation won’t be able to start until 2021, AFP says
- Costs to reinforce Gothic cathedral have tripled since April
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Notre-Dame Cathedral is still at risk from the 551 tons of scaffolding that fused above it during the seering blaze that destroyed the Paris monument’s roof and towering spire six months ago.
The tangled metal poses the biggest challenge to efforts to ensure that Notre Dame’s vaulted ceiling doesn’t collapse, Agence France-Presse reported, citing an interview with Christophe-Charles Rousselot, the head of the Notre-Dame Foundation. The scaffolding, characterized as looming above the cathedral like a big game of Pick Up Sticks, needs to be dismantled without the pieces falling onto the building.