2024 Photograph Archive

Photographs taken between 28th March and 2nd April 2024

Southern Extension. Pont y Goedwig Deviation Project. Thursday, 28.3.2024. A contractor has been brought in ...
... to fell a tree whose roots are in the way of the new embankment construction ...
... and to dispose of the brash responsibly.
Saturday, 30.3.2024. Drainage stone is tipped carefully on the next step in the embankment foundation ...
... which requires good nerves ...
... while more of the small branches from the tree are chipped.
Tuesday, 2.4.2024. The penultimate drainage layer is filled at the south end of the current embankment works ...
... and tidied up with a small excavator.
More geotextile is brought forward ...
... is cut to length and laid out (the last section we require on this part of the embankment). The adjacent edge is excavated and filled up to the new drainage stone ...
... with a gap to continue northwards with both sections rolled to seal against anticipated rain.
More material is tipped (and spread) ...
... with another shelf being excavated below the access track ...
... and filled with drainage stone in a repeat of work elsewhere.
Work for the day is then effectively abandoned in late afternoon, as it has started to rain heavily and movement of machinery will turn the work into a quagmire.

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