Concerns were raised after three parking spaces at the Wharf Street address were cordoned off on Tuesday.

“All the major structural work to the awning has been completed and I have been assured by the owner’s structural engineer that the work done was of the highest quality and I am fully satisfied that the awning is now structurally sound.”

Mr Mead said the measure of cordoning off the area was a precautionary one in response to some superficial damage that has been exacerbated by recent heavy rain.

“We received some complaints from the community, particularly with the bad weather we’ve been having, that some bits at the front of the awning had been falling down as a lot of it has rusted away,” Mr Mead said.

“Like I say, the awning is now structurally sound and there is no risk of structural collapse, but we don’t want people being hit by anything even small rusted off bits of debris, so we have cordoned off the parking area until the owner of the building completes the necessary restoration to fix that superficial damage.”

The owners of the property at 31-33 Wharf Street, Parsons Properties, were first served with emergency orders to repair structural damage October 2010. After a drawn out legal process involving council and Parsons Properties the building is now structurally compliant with restorations to repair superficial damage still to occur.