[Default] On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:09:33 -0000, "Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>Julian wrote: >> Sorry Roger Adrian is right here. >> However the canals have to be got back to their original profile that >> will cost more, but once they are there then there is no more cost >> keeping them there than keeping them at any other arbitrary level. > >Well bless my soul. So how do they get them back to the wide-beam >(correct) profile then? Magic them? >So my point is made, it will cost more to 'restore' and maintain at >wide beam standards. QED. I rest my case. No - you've missed the point. Restoration to original profile will cost more, because there will be more dredgings, but once restored to original profile, maintenance will cost no more, as the dredgings extracted will be the same as they would be maintaining a narrower profile. Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk
