Quote: Fishermanscap "It would probably cheaper to seat the upper section if we were doing the absolute minimum. Large terracing is expensive and getting a safety certificate will be trickier as I’m told the authorities are more lenient to seats.
The key to the North stand is can we just reinstate the terracing to a good level but leave the underpinning as is, I don’t know before our resident expert pipes up. In which case it would be cheap and end up like the one at Fax which would be fine by me. A full redevelopment would be astronomical, possibly more than the East stand due to moving so much toxic earth.'"
My understanding is that along with the ageing concrete blocks crumbling the 'underpinning ' is a problem also. The patching shows where the dops have occurred and the undualating terarcing. I very much doubt with modern day standards patch and go will not be acceptable but I am confident that those in charge of the design and development will have a handle on all these matters.