Good old Evening Times, That image has been kicking about since day one
but it made the front page today.
The original Fly over for the M74 from the Kingston Bridge.
THE contractors building a half-mile viaduct for the M74 extension into Glasgow
have been banned from re-starting work amid safety fears.
But transport bosses have insisted the project is still on schedule.
The city's Subway operator, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT),
is refusing to allow engineering work to continue on a section of the Eglinton
Viaduct until assurances are given it will not damage the underground train
network.
Work ground to a halt a week ago on part of the £692million road project
after a crack was found on the wall of a Subway tunnel on the city's South
Side, 25 yards from the site where excavations were being dug for the
motorway, which will link to the Kingston Bridge.
The crack is said to have caused plaster to fall from the roof of a tunnel
between West Street and Bridge Street and led to the temporary suspension
of services on the 112-year-old system last Thursday.
SPT said it was waiting for "detailed proposals" from Interlink M74 Joint
Venture, the consortium building the new road, over measures that would
be put in place to ensure no further damage was caused.
An investigation is still under way by SPT engineers to establish the cause
of the damage.
An SPT spokeswoman said: "We have a duty to ensure the Subway
operates in a fashion that guarantees passenger safety. We would not be
running services if there was any risk to passengers."
"We are in discussions about bringing in a more sophisticated monitoring
system in our tunnels so problems can be identified at an earlier stage.
"Our engineering consultants are continuing to investigate the cause of
the damage in the tunnel and what measures need to be taken to ensure
similar problems do not happen again."
However, Transport Scotland said the project was still on target to be
completed by 2011.
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
Don't know if this has been posted but it's an overlay for google earth showing the route the new M74 is taking.
Download Here _________________ My Real Name: Pete
RUBBLE from demolished buildings will be "recycled" as building material for
the M74 extension.
More than 500,000 tonnes of aggregate will be used from buildings
including two 23-storey blocks of flats in Stirlingfaulds Place which were
demolished last year, sites in Sighthill and Royston and the former
Hoover factory in Cambuslang.
The material will be used in embankments along the five-mile route,
being built at a cost of £445million, with an additional £12m set aside for
possible treatment of mine works.
Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson said he was delighted to see
"innovative practices" being used by the M74 contractor Interlink M74 JV.
He said: "It's fitting that part of the old Glasgow will help shape its
economic future."
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
Here are some pics of the latest building works of the M74 extension...
These are taken from cathcart rd looking towards where the new bridge over the m74 extension will be, various views from both sides of the railway line...
Eglinton St where it meets Devon St...
Devon St looking towards Eglinton St...
...and again...
Eglinton St...
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