Originally Posted by
LTNman
They are so short of earth to level the ground for expansion they need to dig their own quarry and import 4 million cubic metres of soil. The average dumber truck carries 7 -10 cubic metres so that is 400,000 trips from the quarry and 400,000 trips to the quarry. As for the cost to move so much earth they're not saying. Not that I want airport expansion but the ground south of the runway is level with the runway but apart from a small chunk of land is outside the towns boundary so the council is not interested. That woodland that can be seen to the left which has tree tops level with the runway would be buried.
Changing the subject the Dart bridge is 26.5m high
As the bridge gently draws closer to its final resting place I can see that it’s highest point is around 25 to 30 feet lower than the runway height.