It would have involved 181 huge turbines each requiring concrete bases 20 ft deep, roads and cables, and would have destroyed a swathe of this rare peat moorland.
Mostly, pavements are investigated because they are subjected to a higher wearing compared with deeper road layers (subgrade).
But listen to his music, and it's clear what sets Lawler apart from the high-energy, confetti-and-laser sounds that have become the hallmarks of the current "EDM" craze in the US: his music proceeds down a darker, deeper road, eschewing the obvious for the intricate.
German roads are built better (a 28-inch-deep roadbed versus 11 inches in the U.S). and are better maintained.
When you consider, though, that the deeper roadbed would last twice as long (40 years, versus 20 for the interstate), the proposition becomes a bit less outlandish.
My Deep South road trip is just part of my wish list.
What I didn't realise was that it was actually leading me down a deep dark road of insania.
Traffic: deep valley roads are your only escape.
Blizzards buried parts of Wales and south-west England in snow drifts 6 metres deep, blocked roads and railways and turned villages into isolated islands.
Some of her subjects have family roots so deep that roads are named after their ancestors; others came to the East End a generation ago but feel intrinsically tied to the place.
