Montygordo;
Re runway work.There was 2 bulldozers 4 diggers and 5 dumper trucks and a roller working today.This afternoon a huge earth scraper was delivered and sounded like a Tiger tank as it moved onto the fields!
They are raising the ground slightly near the sports ground..however further towards where the runway end will be, they appear to be digging the new road down about 20 feet.
Think it will be lowered into a culvert here so that they can add a bridge in the future .
If Im right there will be no view of the runway from the new A45 close to its end.
They also seem to be adding noise bunds between the new road and where the runway will be. There is still time for them to redistribute this earth, but the plans seem to show a raised area.If that is all true then there will be no view of the runway extension at all from the diverted A45
On the current A45 end of runway they were winding up underground cables and cutting them up onto a lorry.Also more trees being felled by the Clock.
Winding the work up now for sure.May 2014 for full completion and in service still on course
Nigel