Maesdu Bridge

Yes this again.

I have been thinking about how to get the bridge built on time.

Have a look at this and see if you think it's better than what we have going on at the moment.



Yes I propose to call Santander and get Lewis Hamilton down and ask him to build Maesdu Bridge like he did in the advert.

If we all pitch in we could get it done in about a day.

The best thing about it is any 5 year old upwards can help build it.

I think at the rate they are building the bridge at the moment the 5 year olds will do a better job.

Maesdu Bridge Repair

I don't do many blogs about local issues basically because there are other bloggers who do it much better than I could ever do.

With the Chilian earthquake in the news, my thoughts are with the Chilian people, but it reminded me of something that happened in 1994.

In 1994 Los Angeles was hit by an earthquake, and the freeway (motorway) system was severely damaged.

See Pics below. Pictures taken from http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13775.html

It was a massive undertaking to repair the freeway. From the look of all the damage you would think it would take months even years to repair the freeway, but if you take a look at the video, below, you will see something quite amazing.

Yes you heard right, the contractor was given 140 days to complete the repair, but they did it in about 70 days.

So I ask the question. If they can repair all of that freeway system, which included a large bridge section, in 70 days, why is it taking Conwy council 8 months to replace a small bridge?

The Los Angeles earthquake was 16 years ago, and technology has evolved in those 16 years, so why is it taking so long?