asitis Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said: It's actually 273 metres of 30 metre wide starter extension (150 m at one end and 123 at the other) being widened to full width which is 46 metres. So, 273mx16m= 4368 square metres of asphalt on top of load bearing foundation. There was a rumour, and I stress it was just that, of some remedial work to the seaward extension being the driver behind the huge size of the turning widening ! who knows you'll never be told the truth in any case .. pay up and shut up is gov. motto ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, asitis said: There was a rumour, and I stress it was just that, of some remedial work to the seaward extension being the driver behind the huge size of the turning widening ! who knows you'll never be told the truth in any case .. pay up and shut up is gov. motto ! Wouldn't explain 100 plus metres of work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcd Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 42 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: That seems utterly bizarre. It is. But don't worry... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, asitis said: There was a rumour, and I stress it was just that, of some remedial work to the seaward extension being the driver behind the huge size of the turning widening ! who knows you'll never be told the truth in any case .. pay up and shut up is gov. motto ! Subsidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Subsidence. The rock armour is the wrong sort of currency. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 It's some really nice stone that rock armour, no wonder it cost so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: It's some really nice stone that rock armour, no wonder it cost so much. It was £2m in the red because some fuckwit in Government didn't understand how exchange rates work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: It's some really nice stone that rock armour, no wonder it cost so much. All the way from Norway if my memory serves me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: It was £2m in the red because some fuckwit in Government didn't understand how exchange rates work. Maybe they'd never heard of Krone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just now, Non-Believer said: All the way from Norway if my memory serves me? Yeah, specifically Larvik. Famous for its stone. You could polish that stuff up beautifully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Yeah, specifically Larvik. Famous for its stone. You could polish that stuff up beautifully. Brought by barge and positioned by floating crane. Watched it for hours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 7 hours ago, lcd said: It is. But don't worry... FFS is that why we employed him ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Allegedly they now have there new fire appliances and had them awhile but they havent been signed off by DOI so cant use them . Anyone surprised ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmanxpilot Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 17 hours ago, madmanxpilot said: Here's a picture of how they do it at Southampton. Also, notice the arrester bed instead of a RESA...that will have come in a lot cheaper than the 70 million ours cost! The main runway at Southampton is 30 metres wide - funnily enough, the same width as IOM's starter strip that are being widened in their entirety... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Numbnuts said: Allegedly they now have there new fire appliances and had them awhile but they havent been signed off by DOI so cant use them . Anyone surprised ? Did Longtail buy the wrong ones? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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