There have been a number of excellent questions put forward by various interested members of the RYC. I will attempt to answer the top questions. If there is something I'm missing, please leave a comment and I'll do my best to get to the bottom of it.
1) The height of the breakwater is lower now that it will be when it is complete. The reason for that is that it needs to be wide enough for the trucks and excavator to get out to the end. When they have reached the end, they will start to build up the material to the predetermined level. That level, by the way, is the same height as where the wharf (old wharf) met the asphalt.
2) We are going to extend out the full 120 meters!!! That is great news! Our ability to do this is thanks to the generous support of the Regional Development Corporation and the Town of Rothesay.
3) Part of the contract is to place Armour Stone around the Breakwater. There is NO Armour Stone in place yet. This will be done after the breakwater reaches the full 120 m. They do this stone by stone and plan to bring in a larger excavator. Murray, from Valley Excavators, says they hope to have a machine with a "thumb" on it to help "place" each stone.
4) The angle of the wharf as it extends into the river is correct. In Tuesday's post (Jan 2nd) there is a photo of two stakes that have been placed as a "range" for the centre of the extended breakwater. These stakes were placed there by Fundy Engineering.
So that is the update for today. And as I have suggested before, please leave any comments or questions by clicking the "comments" at the bottom of each post!
Another load of the smaller stone being dumped on Wednesday morning
A couple of photo's from Bruce Tennant taken on Tuesday
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