Only two domestic properties would be acquired and none demolished, as against 127 acquired and 24 demolished on the southerly route.
At the time, the visibility was poor, a heavy sea was running and the southerly wind was of gale force 8 to 9.
Nine months is all that it will take to get the new route up to the same state that exists for the southerly route.
We are in favour of the southerly route, believing that it is the best one.
While such ventilation will be sufficient for normal conditions, overheating might still result in southerly facing rooms.
The presence of the hulk, which is now totally submerged, markedly reduces the swell in the harbour which would otherwise be experienced during southerly winds.
The first form that comes to mind is solar energy, particularly suitable for the climates of the more southerly countries.
The cost of the southerly route which has been rejected was about £4 billion; so the difference is about half a million pounds.
