Overview
- City Council President Kenyatta Johnson won approval Thursday for a special committee to investigate the CHOP parking garage collapse in Grays Ferry.
- The panel will include councilmembers, construction experts, and community residents, hold public hearings, use subpoena power, and deliver findings to Council and the mayor.
- Officials say the seven-story structure under construction partially failed during installation of a precast concrete roof section, triggering a stair-tower collapse that killed three ironworkers.
- Separate probes are underway as OSHA leads the federal investigation and Mayor Cherelle Parker’s executive order assigns the city law department and an outside consultant to produce a public report within 180 days.
- After the mayor’s report, a separate review panel will weigh reforms focused on the Department of Licenses and Inspections, while traffic near the site has largely reopened with one eastbound lane still restricted.