>The new Ventner Farm Marina still has no water in it. The work men are
>replacing the pontoon walkways and laying paths. The bridge over the
>entrance looks complete but the towing path is still closed. The piling at
>the entrance has been driven in so the tops are about 4" below water
>level.

 

Sue Wrote:

>The piling sums up the problems. The engineer in charge got all the levels
wrong. It has been dug too deep so has to be partially filled in again
because the pontoon legs aren't long >enough. Pontoon levels were wrong
varying from 3' above water to 3' below! It will cost Land & Water 400k to
put right and someone is now looking for a job.

 

Thanks for that explanation Sue – noted the depth when we boated past there
this week and was wandering what kind of ships they were expecting!

 

Tim Lewis

 

HYPERLINK "http://www.timlewis.org.uk"www.timlewis.org.uk

HYPERLINK "http://www.fulbourne.org.uk"www.fulbourne.org.uk

 

 


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