Spike – new delays!!

No surprise there at all.. It was meant to go up three years ago!

Hmmm. I’m far from being an expert on this, but is it possible to begin construction on a project whilst there are still outstanding planning objections. I would have presumed that since the foundations are extremely advanced, the spike itself would follow to it’s planned schedule (and therefore be fully erect by Christmas, if that’s the intended date).

Seerski, are you certain these objections will cause further delays, or are you (like me) speculating??

fjp

They have a sign up saying that the delay is because of a strike at the french steel mill.

Ah I would’nt worry I say they’ll have it done by Christmas…………………………….2004!

Apparently, even though the Spike has passed the design stages and is nearing completion, the City Council/engineers are still trying to figure out how to put the thing up!

How do you know that?

I do look forward to the giant metal thingy, although I don’t look forward to seeing the first retard’s name scrawled on the base….

fjp

Yeah – how are they going to stop vandals ruining it if you can walk right up and touch it?

Stainless steel should be easy enough to clean though. That was one of the advantages of the design.
The Waste Management dept of city council do actually remove graffiti and litter! If gobshites grafitti the spike then call them. I would hope that most people would care enough to at least make a phone call.

I thought of the threat of vandalism too in the guise of graffitti and the threat of joyriders ploughing a car into it’s base. Could possibly happen given that when anything new is erected it is always subjected to wanton vandalism by the great unwashed and unenlightened. See the way new sapling trees always seem to have their necks snapped by the little morons.