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I swear man was far more intelligent back then than now!
Mmm don't like your thinking there. You can't get anyone decent to do these jobs now, I don't think the threat of jail if you screw up is going to entice people.But maybe if we were more like Iceland and jailed a few more people, lessons would be!
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Totally different circumstances, the usual JFDI comments are in regard to the EA not doing the work preferring to commission endless reports instead of some simple dredging. In this instance the EA have commissioned the work and made a complete mess of it despite all their supposed superior technical knowledge.Mmm don't like your thinking there. You can't get anyone decent to do these jobs now, I don't think the threat of jail if you screw up is going to entice people.
Maybe its just better if all these departments disappear and nothing gets done?
Whenever dredging waterways is mentioned on here, there's always lots of JFDI comments. Now someone's done something and they get hammered for it.
Agree, this is a monumental cock up. If this had been done by anyone other than the EA book after book would thrown at the perpetrators. The fact that the EA commissioned this work, and are responsible for it, needs to be reconciled with their treatment of others.Totally different circumstances, the usual JFDI comments are in regard to the EA not doing the work preferring to commission endless reports instead of some simple dredging. In this instance the EA have commissioned the work and made a complete mess of it despite all their supposed superior technical knowledge.
It seems they have screwed up despite the resources available but had they not been the only ones allowed to do such work I'd imagine there'd be loads of farmer cock ups too.Totally different circumstances, the usual JFDI comments are in regard to the EA not doing the work preferring to commission endless reports instead of some simple dredging. In this instance the EA have commissioned the work and made a complete mess of it despite all their supposed superior technical knowledge.
Excuse my ignorance, is there a local availability of this clay that was used and how was it constructed? If the river is 15ft above ground level, where is that in relation to sea level? I'm sure that was a massive project all those years ago built with skill and practical brainpower, without any gps or laser aids and now sounds like someone has pulled the plug on it and then will wonder where the water has gone. It's an unbelievable thing to happen. As allready has been mentioned mankind in general had much more sense back then
Its a part of nationally significant infrastructure. The EA are responsible for it, who commissioned the contractor, the EA. Who didn’t check the contractor knew what they were doing, the EA.It seems they have screwed up despite the resources available but had they not been the only ones allowed to do such work I'd imagine there'd be loads of farmer cock ups too.
I'm not trying to stick up for them but we don't know what actually happened and yet everyone's an expert.
Maybe the contractor had the plans upside down.
Who knows?
The two nearest villages are Sutton Gault and Mepal, Mepal has a place called Gault hole.Excuse my ignorance, is there a local availability of this clay that was used and how was it constructed? If the river is 15ft above ground level, where is that in relation to sea level? I'm sure that was a massive project all those years ago built with skill and practical brainpower, without any gps or laser aids and now sounds like someone has pulled the plug on it and then will wonder where the water has gone. It's an unbelievable thing to happen. As allready has been mentioned mankind in general had much more sense back then
Man was more intelligent then as man knew that food comes from fields and not a supermarket shelfI swear man was far more intelligent back then than now!
All the working men that knew the working practicalities of river management and maintenance were made redundant yrs ago and replaced by clipboard , degree type managers , who are more sympathetic to the likes of Chris Packham than a man with 40yrs of river management skillsnot sure but i reckon more likely is that they (EA) are ignorant and don't know what they are doing, poor workmanship etc.
Yes. Milton Keynes and Bedford all drain into it, there's a lot of water flow as they built on all the flood planes upriverLooking on Google Maps is this known as New Bedford River , looks like the River Great Ouse runs into it , one hell of amount of water flowing there , for something to go wrong, must be some extremely worried people around that area .
Any news on this thread then?