Boat pier actually at the stadium would be amazing, but I saw someone on bluesky reckon that it would cost £60m. Seems pricey for a concrete float and a few tractor tires, but I know nothing about such things obvs..
You have to factor in the British establishment ... various people / bodies who need to be paid for permission / tax / health and safety / environment tax / god knows what else, too many fingers in so many pies. Old tractor tyres not good for the environment so must buy new / environment tax and energy needed to make concrete / magic circle involvement making the concrete float / money for old rope to tie it up.
Then you have contractors, preferred masonic civil engineers, kickbacks for the decision makers, various other approvals from other stake holders and a bit of snake oil.
Inevitably the council and the government will want their slices for permissions too.
60m for a float chained to a concrete wall and a few tyres sounds cheap in today's rip-off Britain.
I've just had a quote of nearly £2000 for a dropped kerb - 5 kerbs for a council approved (they paid a hefty amount for permission to work for the council) couple if men, a digger and an afternoon's work. the quote details the gravel needed underneath rhe tarmac. Why are they providing and charging for gravel when they MUST take gravel away to create a slope? Am I the only person ever to question this?
