Machinery Sale - Mr Price the man who cleared the river!

[bobajob]

If i was in charge and found scum on the take they would be the foundation’s.

Is it right that a local plant hire company offered to dredge the river at Hawick for no cost.
He was going to take the gravel away and sort / riddle it and sell the aggregate.

Instead they spend £90000000, unbelievable

 

[Hilly]

Is it right that a local plant hire company offered to dredge the river at Hawick for no cost.
He was going to take the gravel away and sort / riddle it and sell the aggregate.

Instead they spend £90000000, unbelievable

Something like that , someone offerd to dredge it and crush screen stone most of the cost recouped ….. but as said instead they spend 100million , the country is corrupt to the core .

 

[Hilly]

Is it right that a local plant hire company offered to dredge the river at Hawick for no cost.
He was going to take the gravel away and sort / riddle it and sell the aggregate.

Instead they spend £90000000, unbelievable

Their are old photos of the river all nicely dredged years ago … no flooding , thr mart used to use alot of the gravel in stock pens …

 

[KB6930]

Bill for Hawick flood defences doubles to almost £90m as main contractor announced

The bill for Hawick’s long-awaited flood protection scheme has rocketed to almost £90m now a main contractor for the project has been appointed.

www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk

100million , a100k would have sorted it if they just dug the river out like they used to , nothing more than a job creating
Scheme which i in its self is not a bad thing .

We had a lad that had been on the job with a company for a while and be was saying the whole thing is a complete joke but it's to be expected with this kind of thing . They just pull a figure out thin air and someone at a desk that doesn't have a clue will just say yeah that's fantastic crack on and make a good job !! .

I had a bit of it from the council when I did my house . The job they did would've taken me 1 day at most they took 9 days to do it 14 days the traffic lights were up and they said it cost 6k to do all they did would've been 1-2k max in the agricultural world.

 

[Hilly]

We had a lad that had been on the job with a company for a while and be was saying the whole thing is a complete joke but it's to be expected with this kind of thing . They just pull a figure out thin air and someone at a desk that doesn't have a clue will just say yeah that's fantastic crack on and make a good job !! .

I had a bit of it from the council when I did my house . The job they did would've taken me 1 day at most they took 9 days to do it 14 days the traffic lights were up and they said it cost 6k to do all they did would've been 1-2k max in the agricultural world.

Hellish .

 

[KB6930]

Hellish .

I heard they're building the flood defence out of sandstone as well that came from the boy that had been on the job I'm sure I could find a better material to stand the test of time

 

[Stw88]

We had a lad that had been on the job with a company for a while and be was saying the whole thing is a complete joke but it's to be expected with this kind of thing . They just pull a figure out thin air and someone at a desk that doesn't have a clue will just say yeah that's fantastic crack on and make a good job !! .

I had a bit of it from the council when I did my house . The job they did would've taken me 1 day at most they took 9 days to do it 14 days the traffic lights were up and they said it cost 6k to do all they did would've been 1-2k max in the agricultural world.

This is just like anything to do with the government, and they wonder why they need to gather so much in tax! Just spend it wisely!

 

[Hilly]

Its bunnged up with shyt , islands with trees i cant find old photo its all clean as a whistle and deeper , its a man made environment so it needs maintained not just walled in , all that happen is river bed will rise and water top new defences years to come .

 

[Hilly]

Someone told me last week a new engineer has looked and reckons next big flood and because of new defences the bridges are in grave danger !! You couldnt make it up .

 

[Lakes Nash]

Somebody with enough cash and a team of lawyers could make EA look a bit silly

Something similar like This happened up at Glenridding when storm Desmond strook, local plant and operators were in next day clearing out, EA have tried all ways to stop em, but they just cleaned it out, shops hotels etc under water, EA seem to like that, no maintenance at all from the EA nowadays, all educated fookers aren’t they! Ditches, dredging was done annually once over! Get locked up now!!! If ya do owt like that,

 

[Hilly]

I heard they're building the flood defence out of sandstone as well that came from the boy that had been on the job I'm sure I could find a better material to stand the test of time

The sand stone walls are near road , the salt off the council salt soreading will eat the walls .

 

[Old apprentice]

What you have all described is what is happening in society's where the pen pushers have controlled and no realistic people's observations are taken seriously it is right threw government local authority and all quangoes,. A neighbour farmer told us of the same scenario in the 1960s it just keeps tumbling on. On a similar note all burocratic regs are driving industry away from UK especially heavy industry and that is what should be earning money for UK .. Latest is to try and have silicon valley here. Pen pushers create more work for the like of them but in reality does it create economic growth . Going on a bit I am just a practical farmer.

 

[Hilly]

What you have all described is what is happening in society's where the pen pushers have controlled and no realistic people's observations are taken seriously it is right threw government local authority and all quangoes,. A neighbour farmer told us of the same scenario in the 1960s it just keeps tumbling on. On a similar note all burocratic regs are driving industry away from UK especially heavy industry and that is what should be earning money for UK .. Latest is to try and have silicon valley here. Pen pushers create more work for the like of them but in reality does it create economic growth . Going on a bit I am just a practical farmer.

Agree, men in boots n boiler suits made Britain great , them spivs in pin stripe suits wrecked the country .

 

[serf]

Someone told me last week a new engineer has looked and reckons next big flood and because of new defences the bridges are in grave danger !! You couldnt make it up .

And then when they get catastrophic damage from a downpour it will be
' oh its global warming gov' ....
er no you daft s it's cos you let the water transportation system go ta feck

 

[Hilly]

And then when they get catastrophic damage from a downpour it will be
' oh its global warming gov' ....
er no you daft s it's cos you let the water transportation system go ta feck

Exactly ! Stop the world id like to get off ,

 

[Clive]

What you have all described is what is happening in society's where the pen pushers have controlled and no realistic people's observations are taken seriously it is right threw government local authority and all quangoes,. A neighbour farmer told us of the same scenario in the 1960s it just keeps tumbling on. On a similar note all burocratic regs are driving industry away from UK especially heavy industry and that is what should be earning money for UK .. Latest is to try and have silicon valley here. Pen pushers create more work for the like of them but in reality does it create economic growth . Going on a bit I am just a practical farmer.

but they have dregrees and everything

 

[Old apprentice]

Its bunnged up with shyt , islands with trees i cant find old photo its all clean as a whistle and deeper , its a man made environment so it needs maintained not just walled in , all that happen is river bed will rise and water top new defences years to come .View attachment 1077692

You can see the from your photo it wants the bed lowering. Oh wait a minute that would disturb the crustrations in the bed.

 

[Surgery]

but they have dregrees and everything

They certainly do , and as my late father used to say , an expert is someone who changes his mind every year.

 

[Farmer 83563]

From what people say he's like marmite. Some know him as John Price,some know as " that f#####g John Price"

Thats okay, some personalities just don't mix.

 

[S J H]

Thats okay, some personalities just don't mix.

Sounds like some people respect him, and some people are jealous of him