Work Commences on New Airport on Panglao

So here it is. Work has just started:


"Certain barangay roads and passageways cutting across the project site will be closed beginning tomorrow with the start of the construction of the new Bohol airport in Panglao"


http://www.boholtribune.com/roads-closed-as-new-bohol-airport-work-starts.html

Old news.. They "started" in May!
http://metrocebu.com.ph/2015/04/new-bohol-airport-construction-starts-in-may/
Work has been "starting" for 2 years now one month at a time.
6 weeks ago they said they couldn't haul 50 ton equipment across the causeway because of earthquake damage and they were about to build a construction material jetty directly ON the island..
A single barangay captain wouldn't sign off on that idea so now I guess the causeway has become safe again!! lol.
It will start when it starts and it will be finished when its finished!
Hope they hurry up so that local businesses investors can make lots and lots of money for the local economy!

Have they started to pump the special cement down to fill the voids underneath?

No idea.. Keep scanning the news and let me know when they have! lol.

Just soil to back fill until the next quake. Glad I'm not there anymore the last two was enough for me I like solid ground

Were you there at the time?

Wife's relatives were, Mother-in-law had to leave her breakfast, she was not amused. Went back in to finish breakfast soon after the quake stopped. She seen it all before.

Yes sir I was for two the first was ok the second I lost all the water from my pool it's cracked right through across the centre of the pool.

Oh sh1te.

Not funny.

Good job for insurance, funny after the quake they no longer covered earthquake I wonder why

Where did you / do you stay ( roughly )

South Cebu opposite Bohol my house overlooks the Bohol straight but now live south coast UK and just use this for holidays due to my son schooling

And you

Ah. So yes, you were affected by it too.

Earthquakes or sinkholes too?

What do sink holes look like? I might even have one somewhere! lol.

Huge holes in the ground where the ground has collapsed. It can be for any reason but very commonly in limestone bedrock. The sizes can vary from the size of a small back yard to that of a supermarket carpark, to give you some idea.

Erosion of the limestone underneath by underground rivers, many feet down, leaving caves / caverns, eventually leads to the collapse of the remaining limestone at the surface.

You will see pictures of sinkholes on the internet. Basically there is nothing to see except a hole in the ground. And whatever was there, fallen in with it. Not the kind of thing you would want to happen to a shiney new airport.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...icles/cfn/2015/6/27/crews_stabilizing_3_.html

The Chocolate Hills are a collection of the remnants of collapsed limestone in the region, but elevated to the surface. At an advanced stage of erosion.

Alternatively....

I wonder if it'll be similar to Princess Juliana Airport on the French/Dutch island of St Martin:

Oh

Oh..Damn..I haven't got one of those.. We do have a cave at the end of our garden though but it was filled in over the years with soil..
japs had a strong hold here in ww11 so one of these days i might dig it out to see if i can find some relics..