A police spokesperson told Newshub on Wednesday evening the scaffolding had since been secured and the road was fully open to the public.
“There was some concern it may also fall onto the road,” the spokesperson said of the initial collapse.
Emergency services closed a section of Manukau Rd between Green Lane West and Pah Rd for a period and Auckland Transport said bus routes 30 and 309 had to take detours during the road closure.
The scaffolding collapsed at the site of a troubled under-construction apartment block called the Epsom Central Apartments. Construction work stopped there in 2019 when monitoring staff from Auckland Council found it didn’t comply with its building consent.
The partnership who launched the apartment project was placed into receivership two years ago, owing more than $13 million to lenders and construction company contractors.
Developer Shane Xin Zhou appeared to have vanished at the time, Stuff reported in September.