Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
I don't buy the geology thing. The French can do this with their roads when they meet a slight hiccup in the local topography...
If they road builders had really wanted to I'm sure they could have quite easily overcome any issues for that relatively distance. Physically I'm sure it was perfectly feasible.
I suspect cost was a factor. Not only buying out the farmer, but in addition to that the the cost of whatever architectural trickery was required to overcome the topographic issues was the problem. Combined together it was probably simply a lot cheaper and less hassle to do as they did, so it was the combined financial constraint that sunk it.
If they road builders had really wanted to I'm sure they could have quite easily overcome any issues for that relatively distance. Physically I'm sure it was perfectly feasible.
I suspect cost was a factor. Not only buying out the farmer, but in addition to that the the cost of whatever architectural trickery was required to overcome the topographic issues was the problem. Combined together it was probably simply a lot cheaper and less hassle to do as they did, so it was the combined financial constraint that sunk it.