Re: SER1 Half a Bridge

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Hi Diana,

I'm hoping that will not be a problem with a few contacts and a bit of 
luck.  The one conversation I've had with a local, the director of 
economic development at Cartwright at the other end of the unfinished bit, 
implied that she thought we could traverse the road as soon as the bridge 
and rough grading was complete (and she thought that would be in '07).

I agree that heavy trucks could play havoc with the road, but our 
footprint is relatively light and Newfoundlanders (and Labradorians) have 
a pretty pragmatic approach to these things.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
 			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Eighty Inch wrote:

> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:50:44 +1000
> From: Eighty Inch <eightyinch@xxx.xxx.xx>
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> Subject: Re: SER1 Half a Bridge
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> George
>
> One hopes that the Labrador Government is not as harsh on closed roads as
> the Northern Territory Government in Australia used to be (and still may
> be).  The fine for travel on a closed road was AU$100.00 per tyre.  It's was
> pretty bad if you drove a 4 wheeled vehicle and were charged $400.00.  The
> reason the fines were formatted by the tyre was to stop road trains (prime
> mover, 10 tyres, 1 articulated semi trailer, 12 tyres, and 2 dog trailers,
> 20 tyres each (a semi trailer with a converter dolly trailer of 8 tyres,
> supporting the rotating coupling)).  Road trains regularly have 62 or more
> tyres on the road which together can do a lot of damage to new roadwork's or
> muddy roads.
>
> The fines are so high because a detour in the "outback" may add many
> hundreds of Km to a journey and drivers think that a small fine is less than
> the cost of fuel so it may be worth the risk to travel the closed road.
>
> Cheers
> Diana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George E Sollish" <gsollish@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
>
> With luck and a good 4x4 the road should be open to us in '07,
> although it may not be 'open'.
>
> George E Sollish Chief Engineer Auto Gear Equipment
>  Project Manager The Payne Lake Project
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