Michael Clarke wrote... >Over the last few months there have been problems with leaking gates on the >new boat lift at Strépy-Thieu in Belgium that has resulted in some >restrictions on the opening hours of the lift. However, it has recently been >announced that further problems have been found that requires urgent >attention. > >The overhead pulleys in the machinery room are over stressed due to a design >cock-up and need to be strengthened at a cost of 6m Euros. The work is >expected to last 30 months but it is hoped that one of the lifts will always >be kept in a working state during the duration of the work. > >The company responsible for the cock-up is no longer in existence and >therefore the cost of 6m Euro is being born by the Walloon Government. > It's sort of comforting to know that it is not just the UK government that spends lots of money on big projects that don't work properly! -- Martin Clark
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