A town centre association on the North Shore estimates businesses are losing millions of dollars a year because of problems with a slip-prone car park.

Part of the carpark in Birkenhead slipped down a valley after months of heavy rain and the council has now also closed a road that runs behind it. A large area of the Rawene Road carpark was cordoned off yesterday while engineers checked out the slip for the council.

Birkenhead town centre manager Kae Condon said companies were losing an estimated $12,000 dollars a day in revenue.

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