Grenfell-style cladding removed from nine tower blocks – but they won't be replaced until 2022
Nine high-rise blocks in Salford have now had their Grenfell-style cladding removed, more than three years after the deadly fire at the London tower.But work to replace the cladding with a safer substitute and install new sprinkler systems at the Pendleton towers will not be completed until 2022.It comes after a dispute over funding for the replacement work was resolved in June following years of deadlock with government over access to finance.Dylan Vince, part of the council's housing team, told a scrutiny panel this week that work to remove cladding from all nine blocks had finished in September.'Enabling works' for the new cladding and sprinkler system has now started.But work to replace the cladding will not start until spring and the