tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post4740354390482364800..comments2008-04-18T14:29:29.553+01:00Save Daly Way Green!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15219489033279212799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-88709811386963441292008-04-18T14:29:00.000+01:002008-04-18T14:29:00.000+01:00By definition to Attenuate or to Alleviate means to reduce the amount or degree of or to lessen the effect of.<BR/><BR/>The scheme does not solve the problem, it will still occur and everybody will be losers.<BR/><BR/>The only solution that provides a guarantee of success is to replace and upgrade the sewers.<BR/><BR/>We do not want our green destroyed by a scheme that may only partially work<BR/><BR/>THAMES WATER - GO AWAY AND THINK AGAIN<BR/><BR/>AND LEAVE US TO GET ON WITH THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF OUR HOMES AND SURROUNDINGS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-40264507518909803492008-04-15T17:09:00.000+01:002008-04-15T17:09:00.000+01:00Unfortunately, TW, BCC & AVDC couldn't care less about your property and the fact that you have had to work hard all your life.<BR/><BR/>I used to be able to enjoy living in my property with the peaceful surroundings the green brought.<BR/><BR/>It has been hell for the last 18 months, why can't they just replace the sewers under the Tring Road, what is a few weeks disruption to the motorists compared to a lifetimes work for the many residents around here.<BR/><BR/>I can not believe our Council is prepared to stand by, sanction this and ruin our lives.<BR/><BR/>BCC and AVDC you are a disgraceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-85436136188248111022008-04-15T13:47:00.000+01:002008-04-15T13:47:00.000+01:00At the first Thames Water drop in session back in Dec 2006, when I asked about the risk of subsidence to my house in Allonby Way one of their representatives replied with "normally we would NOT want to carry out a scheme like this so close to houses!" <BR/><BR/>My garden already gets huge cracks in it during the summer months - what is likely to happen to our houses if Thames Water go ahead with de-watering doesn't bear thinking about! <BR/><BR/>I can't believe we have all worked so very hard to enable us to buy properties on the Cumberland Park estate only to watch them being destroyed by Thames Water because Bucks CC, AVDC & Thames Water wont agree to upsize the sewerage pipes in the Tring Road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-34134019600244184562008-04-14T21:09:00.000+01:002008-04-14T21:09:00.000+01:00There are a number of residents nearby who have had to have underpinning done, and thats without any extra 'negligible' impacts.<BR/>This is a very risky scheme and Aylesbury Vale DC and County should block it - they are supposed to be representing us aren't they??<BR/>There are better ways of tackling this we all know it, so stop trying to force on us something that will blight our environment and even our homes.<BR/><BR/>WE DON'T WANT IT. GO AWAY AND THINK AGAINallonbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-18846130150764345652008-04-12T11:32:00.000+01:002008-04-12T11:32:00.000+01:00WITH INFORMATION FROM ONE BOREHOLE ONLY YOU CAN NOT MAKE A PROPER INFORMED DECISION ON THE EFFECTS OF DEWATERING<BR/><BR/>Thames Water, your comments are flawed, inaccurate and not truthful.<BR/><BR/>We want the facts, what are you hiding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-29866655197812581242008-04-12T11:27:00.000+01:002008-04-12T11:27:00.000+01:00At the drop in session a number of residents asked TW<BR/><BR/>"How do you know the risk is negligible"<BR/><BR/>Reply - "We don't, but if your house subsides we will underpin it if it is our fault"<BR/><BR/>SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH<BR/><BR/>Council - Please Take Note. YOU HAVE A DUTY TO CONSIDER OUR HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN MAKING A DECISION.<BR/><BR/>Article 8 (Right to respect for Private and Family Life) and Article 1 of the First Protocol (Protection of Property)<BR/><BR/>THIS IS A FLAGRANT ABUSE OF THE <BR/><BR/>EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS<BR/>SCEDULE 1 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-77665974402017709492008-04-12T08:45:00.000+01:002008-04-12T08:45:00.000+01:00This is a prime example of Thames Water trying to sweep aside residents' concerns with their dismissive and patronising attitude.<BR/><BR/>How can they possibly claim that the subsidence risk is the same for those living closest to the Green, as for those living several streets away??<BR/><BR/>WE AREN'T BEING TOLD THE TRUTH, AND THE REAL RISK IS THAT WE WILL BE SOLD DOWN THE RIVER BY THAMES WATER AND OUR LOCAL COUNCILS.RESIDENTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-22222791690663291092008-04-11T23:51:00.000+01:002008-04-11T23:51:00.000+01:00I'm only 30 meters from one site of this proposed hole, I find it hard to believe, and will take a lot of convincing, that the substantial dewatering to the sort of depths needed for this shaft, will not have an influence on the ground my house stands on.<BR/>I frankly don't believe "negligible risk". <BR/>I trust our councillors will do their duty and protect my right to a peaceful safe enjoyment of my property without my seeking recourse to the law.alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37136149.post-15633983653890764322008-04-11T21:55:00.000+01:002008-04-11T21:55:00.000+01:00The reason why many construction projects go badly wrong is because designers interpret the soil data and water conditions incorrectly. <BR/><BR/>They nearly always under estimate the effects of dewatering which is why many projects over run and cost more.<BR/><BR/>They normally use data from a number of boreholes and then dig trial pits to see what happens.<BR/><BR/>With this scheme they are relying on data from one solitary borehole, unfortunately a recipe for disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com