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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.Depends, short term earthworks can be fairly steep and protected with lightweight structures. For example (and it's a little extreme)...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.Only a few ‽ ;)
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TThe Ham replied to the thread UK switching to electric vehicles discussion.I suspect, 10 years from now there'll be some premium models which ofter this, however a lot of drivers will have learnt that it's not...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I do wonder, if there was wires to Basingstoke and extra capacity if it could then work that the units run Newbury/Basingstoke via...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.The thing is for each side, there's likely only 4,000m3 of soil to cart away (assuming 1 in 2 slopes and 4m of coriander width needed)...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I didn't say that the trains would be running at the same time as the works. It also depends on if we're 4 tracking through Reading...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread UK switching to electric vehicles discussion.First up 430 miles in a day is a lot (7 hours of averaging 61mph). Far more than most people would ever do in a day, probably more than...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I'm not sure that it's that much of a thing as it sounds. That's not to say it's not sufficient To begin with a lot of the work...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I do wonder if places like this (likewise around Winchester) where effectively 80% of the cut for a cut and cover tunnel has been...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread UK switching to electric vehicles discussion.On garage sizes many local authorities set quite reasonable minimum internal sizes, what's fairly standard for new builds is 3m wide and...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.It's why IF there was a way to send it to a reopened station at Oakley(might just be able to be run without new coaches needed) or even...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch.OK, real world example. We are working with a developer starts on a large site pre Covid, for 2019 to 2022 every year without fail...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.I suspect that there's many with a similar view. There was some data earlier in this thread which was showing that the US spending on...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch.Indeed, however, the point I was replying to was implying that new homes would be flooded.
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TThe Ham replied to the thread The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch.If a new housing scheme (last 5 years) has flooded I would be surprised if it wasn't an extreme rainfall event (I know of one locally to...