They’ve a lot of canals, the ladders are custom, they’ll need to be coated to stop them from corroding, and that’ll be the installed price, so that’s a small team driving round, barriering off bits of the canal while the work is done
If anything, seems cheap for a council job. My town would probably spend ten times that on the desk study to decide where they’ll go and to get the paperwork together.
addie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They’ve a lot of canals, the ladders are custom, they’ll need to be coated to stop them from corroding, and that’ll be the installed price, so that’s a small team driving round, barriering off bits of the canal while the work is done
If anything, seems cheap for a council job. My town would probably spend ten times that on the desk study to decide where they’ll go and to get the paperwork together.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ans they’ll probably be designed to be strong enough for a human to use, because that’s good safety design.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll throw some 2x4s down anchored with sand bags for 50k
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
and replace them every year when they rot out, or do the aluminium ones that will outlast their own aesthetic appeal but remain functional.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s called job security