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smallblueplanet Nov 26, 2005 21:36:21
Replying to PeterH

ahh but HA will say the second I think?

Basically the worry over EH's proposal saying extra tunnelling will be necessary, seems to have been misunderstood.

The report actually says EH want to go into the old tunnels, record the open surfaces and backfill the tunnel with material as close to the original as possible. The only way any additional material would be removed (according to Fachtna McAvoy of EH today) is if for instance they have to disturb material when removing the corroding tunnel supports to safely backfill the tunnel.

H Hob
Hob Nov 26, 2005 21:58:38
Replying to smallblueplanet

Well done sbp. That was a sensible bit of communication. (I know, I know, you don't care what people think etc...).

Having not been at the meeting, I couldn't offer any comment on the amount of Silbury that will be extracted, but (strangely) I would be interested to hear if you think that EH have been saying this all along. Or has there been a change in their plans regarding how much original (non-backfill) material will be extracted during tunnelling?

Links to relevant EH text would be nice, but no pressure, I'll not really give a flying eff if you can't be arsed, (or even if you just don't know!)

P PeterH
PeterH Nov 26, 2005 22:24:03
Replying to smallblueplanet

"The report actually says EH want to go into the old tunnels, record the open surfaces and backfill the tunnel with material as close to the original as possible."

Thank you for that.

That was how I read it and that was why I supported it.

So it's all been about mis-communication then?