FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1977
+ IN NEARLY ALL THE AREAS ONLY ONE PARTICULAR SLOPE IS INVOLVED, SO LUCKILY THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY A VERY LIMITED ONE, SAID MR. STEAD, AND ALL THE NECESSARY PREVENTIVE AND
+ REMEDIAL MEASURES WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THIS YEAR'S WET SEASON.
+SC THE SMALL NUMBER OF ESTATE RESIDENTS INVOLVED CAN BE ASSURED THAT EVERY PRECAUTION IS NOW BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THE IR COMPLETE SAFETY, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT IN ANY DANGER, HE SAID.
IN SIMPLE TERMS, THE REMEDIAL WORKS WILL INVOLVE EXCAVATING THE TOP LAYER OF EACH SLOPE TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST THREE METRES, AND THEN RECOMPACTING IT IN SOL ID HORIZONTAL LAYERS TO THE VERY STRICT STANDARDS SET BY THE PANEL OF EXPERTS.
+SO AS TO GET THE NECESSARY WORK DONE BEFORE THE RAINS, COMPACTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE RATHER THAN FROM THE TOP AS ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED BY THE PANEL OF EXPERTS IN THE IR REPORT,+ SAID MR. STEAD.
+THIS MINOR VARIATION HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE PANEL AND WILL MEAN THAT A FASTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME WILL BE POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN THE AREAS WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED AND IN SOME CASES TOTALLY OVERHAULED FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY.
+EVERY STAGE WILL BE CLOSELY SUPERVISED AND EACH SLOPE WILL BE MONITORED BOTH DURING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AND FOR SOME TIME AFTER THEIR COMPLETION JUST TO BE ABSOLUTELY ON THE SAFE SIDE,+ HE SAID.
MR. STEAD SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING OUT A COMPREHENSIVE TIME-TABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR AREAS WHERE ROUND-THE-CLOCK WORK MIGHT BE REQUIRED.
+WHERE NIGHT WORK BECOMES NECESSARY, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CAUSE THE LEAST POSSIBLE INCONVENIENCE TC RESIDENTS,+ HE SAID.
MR. STEAD SAID A RANGE OF MINOR, MORE GENERAL WORKS WOULD ALSO BE CARRIED OUT ON A NUMBER OF OTHER SLOPES IN HOUSING AREAS AS A RESULT OF THE SPECIAL SURVEY BY THE CONSULTANTS, AND THESE TOC WOULD BE FINISHED BEFORE THIS YEAR'S WET SEASON.
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