 It is hoped to get the waste plant finished by the end of 2006 |
A firm developing Guernsey's new Energy From Waste plant has said it is confident it will not be hampered by sea water penetrating the site's foundations. Lurgi UK Limited has started on drilling boreholes into the ground that will support the facility at Longue Hougue in St Sampson's.
The holes have been commissioned to test the firmness of the ground and to determine the way in which the foundations should be designed and positioned.
The land on which the plant is being built has been reclaimed from the sea relatively recently and sea water enters it at high tide.
However Lurgi UK does not see this as a serious problem.
The company said it was investigating the area to determine how it can make the foundations of the new building secure.
It is hoped to get the plant finished and up and running for late 2006.
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