tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post1717908850920865402..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: Disclosure?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-91166774871760686542009-09-27T12:22:54.740-04:002009-09-27T12:22:54.740-04:00Apparently, it only costs $11 million US to build ...Apparently, it only costs $11 million US to build a whole runway.<br /><br />Plus buffer zones.<br /><br />http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/two_central_new_york_businessm.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-89474611773703007772009-09-08T12:13:24.178-04:002009-09-08T12:13:24.178-04:00Doesn't it make you wonder that the GOA can pr...Doesn't it make you wonder that the GOA can produce accounting on a monthly basis when they are in danger of not getting paid but they can not give Eddie a detailed report on how much they have spent and who got it for the airport expansion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-68193438995192580922009-09-08T11:26:48.178-04:002009-09-08T11:26:48.178-04:00where is the full document for us to see you were ...where is the full document for us to see you were able to show the full case of the TCI?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-34718951601551818942009-09-07T21:31:20.414-04:002009-09-07T21:31:20.414-04:00@ 07/09/09 13:24 : I was under the impression it w...@ 07/09/09 13:24 : I was under the impression it was $10 million US. Is it EC$10 million? <br /><br />Frankly, two or three million US is still probably too high for something that any crew of competent quarrymen can do in a few weeks.<br /><br />Which makes me ask the question, was the $10 million I heard it cost to stretch the runway two thousand feet in the other direction US or EC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-83048799116231115872009-09-07T13:52:11.131-04:002009-09-07T13:52:11.131-04:00It is truly scary that Victor can't and/or won...It is truly scary that Victor can't and/or won't tell the whole story to the public. After all, it's our money and he is paid by us to take care of it and let us know what's happening with it and how it's being spent. That's his job, and, apparently, he's not willing to actually earn his salary. And, what's even scarier is that Victor would like to be the CM and have complete control over our wallets with, apparently, no thought that maybe he should be accountable to us poor voters/taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-85926609311686332872009-09-07T13:24:42.566-04:002009-09-07T13:24:42.566-04:00To the poster of 12:26 pm on 7 September 2009. Wha...To the poster of 12:26 pm on 7 September 2009. What currency?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-27818115416534543692009-09-07T12:26:25.987-04:002009-09-07T12:26:25.987-04:00Wow. Sauce for the goose, and all that. Great big ...Wow. Sauce for the goose, and all that. Great big London's not being thrashed, but tiny little Anguilla is. Who'da thunk? ;-)<br /><br /><br />So, looking again at Google Earth (by way of a jaunt to the east end of Wallblake so I could say I saw it myself :-)), I drew up a 72 foot absolute-altitude 500 foot by 600 foot (fence to fence, more or less) volumetric polygon and noticed something interesting. <br /><br />The lowest spot to be filled is about 58 feet in altitude, near the southeast corner of the filled area, and the highest spot in that same polygon is 95 feet or so in the northeast corner. Most likely there's enough rock already on the site to fill the hole on the east side.<br /><br />When I first got there to look yesterday afternoon, I thought, "Woops. a gully at the end of the runway, maybe $10 million after all." <br /><br />But, looking at it with Google Earth :-), the problem turns into one of blasting and filling. It looks like it'll take about 56 thousand cubic yards of fill on the southeast side of the proposed fill area, and a little more than that, say sixty thousand cubic yards, of blasting and trucking fill out on the northeast side to cut a notch out of the hill. If I calculated "cubic yard" right in my little 5x8 Excel spreadsheet, that is. :-)<br /><br />So, sorry, still not $10 million. Probably not even half that. Or even a quarter, I'd bet, even at today's inflated construction prices. And, yes, it looks doable before November, I'd bet, if someone lit a fire under some other people. :-). ANFO's cheap, there are lots of dumptrucks and trackhammers on the island still, and, like I said, there's probably even lots of, heh, marl, laying around where it shouldn't be.<br /><br />If people want the google earth .kml file I did of the volumetric polygon i used to figure this out with, which took about 5 minutes to do, speak up and I'll send it to Don and he can send it to you. Or you can take a few minutes with Google Earth's "Polygon" function and do one of your own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-68500978692937575852009-09-07T05:48:49.578-04:002009-09-07T05:48:49.578-04:00The arguments for extending the runway seem to be ...The arguments for extending the runway seem to be somewhat absurd.<br /><br />London City Airport (google 'London City Airport Length'), has a runway length of 1508m. = 4984'.<br /><br />Wallblake runway length is 1665m = 5462'<br /><br />Therefore AXA is 588' longer than London City.<br /><br />aircraft types operating from London City include ATR42, 72; Dash8, BAE46; Dornier328; EmbraerERJ;170, 190; Fokker50, 70; SAAB2000, Airbus318.<br /><br />Biz jets include Beechcraft super king; Cessna citation jet, Hawker400, 800; Dassault falcon jet.<br /><br />London City is licenced by the CAA. I imagine that Wallblake also comes under the CAA as Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory.<br /><br />What is the problem?<br /><br />AXA is not 'hot and high', and therefore aircraft performance is not reduced.<br /><br />The extra 500' at the east end of the runway could slope down, and be filled with gravel, which would stop any aircraft overrunning in the wet. A tractor would be needed to pull a victim out <br /><br />I might add that last year London City had 94,516 movements and 3,260,236 passengers.Douglas Montagunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-8337188636594466812009-09-06T23:39:03.413-04:002009-09-06T23:39:03.413-04:00Not in this government.
Believe nothing they tell ...Not in this government.<br />Believe nothing they tell you.<br />Believe only the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-70539742246642824852009-09-06T17:10:43.516-04:002009-09-06T17:10:43.516-04:00There are only two possible explanations for the i...There are only two possible explanations for the inadequacy of the information released by the Ministry of Finance: either the Minister has not provided the full picture on purpose, OR the various government departments involved in answering this question do not have the capacity and knowhow to create and maintain the necessary information (or both).<br /><br />If the inadequacy of recordkeeping in the civil service played any role here, it is a terrible shame. Good information management is a crucial part of Anguilla's development. Without it, how can any action of government or pronouncement of a minister be taken seriously? Is anyone ever accountable for anything in government?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com