April 2009 City Centre Drilling - Interconnector?

Ste.phen

Anyone know what they're drilling for on Stephen's Green North?
It's down the North-East corner, there was a core drilled not far from the Shelbourne, they've since moved the truck to the North-East corner of Stephen's Green park;
I was assuming it was part of a survey for the Interconnector, anyone know any more?

Nostradamus

Ste.phen wrote: »

Anyone know what they're drilling for on Stephen's Green North?
It's down the North-East corner, there was a core drilled not far from the Shelbourne, they've since moved the truck to the North-East corner of Stephen's Green park;
I was assuming it was part of a survey for the Interconnector, anyone know any more?

Sounds like it, but who knows.

maclek

Looking for oil ahead of the budget.

murphaph

well we are the Beverly Hillbillies of Europe.

Victor

Also on Merrion Square North, which is consistent with the Interconnector.

Ste.phen

Saw it today again, this time there's signs apologising for the inconvenience during geotechnical works for Dart Underground

constellation

Drill baby, drill!

*ahem* Sorry. Got carried away there...

SeanW

Please let this vital project be going forward

murphaph

Ste.phen wrote: »

Saw it today again, this time there's signs apologising for the inconvenience during geotechnical works for Dart Underground

Interesting that IE's contractor can give better information about disruption for a railway line that doesn't exist than IE can give about disruption to actual services. :rolleyes:

Nostradamus

There is a post on another board we someone said a IE rep came around their neighbourhood last week telling the residents that the drilling for the DART Underground would be strart and she was giving them information on the project.

FINGERS CROSSED!

Nostradamus

constellation wrote: »

Drill baby, drill!

*ahem* Sorry. Got carried away there...

I tell you the day the drilling starts I will be in Stephen's Green with my Teelcaster and Wah-Wah pedal playing porn movie guitar riffs myself.

"wacka-chacka...wacka-chacka...wacka-chacka...wacka-chacka...wacka-chacka...wacka-chacka...*

murphaph

Debbie does DART. "that's a big drill you've got there Barry"

Nostradamus

"take me all the way to Hueston baby"


I'll get me coat.

Davy

What i saw was a lot smaller than i was expecting. Was only a few meters ^2. What would they be doing exactly? Checking the soil or what

jmkennedyie

Presumably taking rock core samples to get a complete profile of layers of rock underneath...what type (& strength(?)) of rock at what depths. When drilling tunnels apparently one big challange is the interfaces between different types of rock...a bit that can handle one rock type may fail in another

Victor

Nostradamus wrote: »

There is a post on another board we someone said a IE rep came around their neighbourhood last week telling the residents that the drilling for the DART Underground would be strart and she was giving them information on the project.

FINGERS CROSSED!

Yeah, at one of the "meet the public" events last year they got a right earful from the residents around Pearse station for just showing up and starting drilling, without telling the residents what all the noise was for.

spacetweek

This is good news and all, but is just prep work really. Doesn't mean full-on work is about to start next week or anything.

Still, fingers crossed. With the speed the Metro is moving , we could see Interconnector start at the same time or before it

Ste.phen

spacetweek wrote: »

This is good news and all, but is just prep work really. Doesn't mean full-on work is about to start next week or anything.

Still, fingers crossed. With the speed the Metro is moving , we could see Interconnector start at the same time or before it

Surely doing anything but building them both at approximately the same time would be madness because of the Stephen's Green issue?
Not that we think these things through in Ireland

Schuhart

SeanW wrote: »

Please let this vital project be going forward

On the one hand, I'd love to believe it. On the other, I've a suspicion that its for the optics.

The Budget is on Tuesday, and the local elections are in June. I'd expect lots of high visibility pricking around to give an appearance of stuff happening, only to vanish again shortly afterwards.

And just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

DWCommuter

spacetweek wrote: »

This is good news and all, but is just prep work really. Doesn't mean full-on work is about to start next week or anything.

Still, fingers crossed. With the speed the Metro is moving , we could see Interconnector start at the same time or before it

Are you in Fianna Fail? Sorry, but I couldn't resist.:D

SeanW

Ste.phen wrote: »

Surely doing anything but building them both at approximately the same time would be madness because of the Stephen's Green issue?
Not that we think these things through in Ireland

I believe the plan is that whoever builds first, mine-digs a huge box that the other eventually builds their alignment through and station in.