Airport route residents ‘should get their homes surveyed first’
Friday 12th August 2011, 1:00PM BST.
UTILITY officials have played down fears that 28,000 delivery trips for the airport project will ruin the island’s infrastructure.
Questions have again been raised about the potential cost impact on islanders of transporting 350,000 tonnes of aggregate from Longue Hougue to the airport.
Former naval aircraft engineer Iain Timms (pictured), 55, said worried homeowners should hire someone to survey their property before the work began in case of vibration damage from the 13.5-tonne loads.
‘That way, they would be able to see exactly what damaged is caused,’ he said.
He added that everyone would pick up the cost of any damage to the infrastructure.
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Good thinking, the islands roads weren’t bulit to carry such heavy loads.
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Those Ronez Trucks are big, I think Simon told us at the open day they carry 40 tons I wouldn’t want one of those on my chuff through St Martins Village
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