By Brenna Angel
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – A second structural engineer will inspect the Phoenix parking garage in downtown Lexington Tuesday. Mayor Jim Gray wants to get another opinion after a 28-foot concrete slab fell from the city-owned structure Sunday evening.
Parking garage manager Tom Wilson says about 80 city employees and some state workers usually park at the Phoenix.
"With the six garages that we've got, five of which are open, we're going to do whatever it takes to make sure they're all safe for the public. I can assure you that."
Wilson calls it a blessing that no one was hurt in the incident.
The first engineer concluded Monday that the concrete fell from the Phoenix Garage because of a corroded steel beam. Mayor Gray said he wants to err on the side of caution and get the opinion of a second engineer firm, which was already planning to be in Lexington today to inspect the Annex Garage.
Five years ago a pregnant woman was killed in Lexington by a piece of concrete that fell from the Chase Bank parking garage.