RotorDC, which removed the wooden benches in Brussels North station and put them up for sale at the request of the NMBS, suspended the sale for a while. The company awaits the public debate and says it is not too late to bring the banks back.
Rotor Deconstruction, a Brussels cooperative that recovers building materials and furniture from old buildings, took care of the collection and sale of the benches. “Our opinion is normally irrelevant in such positions,” the company believes. “But we support the call to bring the banks back to Brussels-North.” The decommissioning took place at the request of NMBS, explains RotorDC.
‘We want to clarify that 40 percent of the wooden benches are still in the North Station. 30 percent is in our warehouse. The other stalls have already been collected or delivered. ‘
The company wants to make a gesture for 30 percent of the banks that are in their warehouse. ‘At no extra cost.’ Missing banks “are hard to recover,” the company says, but it is willing to negotiate with buyers to bring the banks back “for a certain fee.” RotorDC has calculated for NMBS how much it would cost. This amount has already been transferred.
