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slumpystones
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Re: The Rotherwas serpent
Jul 20, 2007, 07:54
tiompan wrote:
This whole conundrum, of developers uncovering sites then allowing archeaos in to have a look then the site gets covered /trashed as opposed to nothing said and the sites gets lost or in exceptional cases the work is cancelled , is based on a fine line of trust between the parties . This case may tip the balance , regardless it can only get more interesting . The new government home building initiative will produce lots of similar cases .


An ongoing project that suddenly uncovers goodies means they also run the risk of having their project stopped and taken over. Yes we all hate development and the owners etc, but they do discover a lot of stuff that would never otherwise be dug up. I assume the government has some sort of compensation scheme set up so if a project is stopped in its tracks someone pays the wages?
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