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Littlestone L
Littlestone Jul 25, 2005 23:59:30
Replying to nigelswift

>...they then admit that the amount of collateral damage that will happen in terms of collapses adjacent to the new tunnel actually CANNOT be known!<

I'm a little confused here Nigel. Where is this new tunnel? I don't trust EH any more than you do but the policy they seem to be advocating (re: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8820) suggests a controlled back-filling (with chalk) of all existing vertical and horizontal tunnels (or am I missing something here?).

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VenerableBottyBurp Jul 26, 2005 12:03:32
Replying to Littlestone

I think what Nigel is saying Littlestone and Ishmael, is that if you rebore the old tunnels and take 10 inches off the walls then the route is still there but the old tunnels have gone and have been repalced by a larger bore.

And as I said further up, neither of you have been given the opportunity to read the reports and were not present at the discussions to witness the slant. Nigel is merely arguing for you and the wider public to have that right.

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