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chris_b said:
Oh I know about the actual track of course but my point is years ago you could go places whereas now these days it’s absolutely frowned upon
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Used to have to go to Broughshane up in an industrial estate and run in some of the jica engines I’d had seize on me during the week so they were ready and back out for race weekend. Had to be done about 9/10 at night and hope you’d no trucks coming up in and the van across the road at one end. It was so hard to get somewhere with smooth tarmac and big enough turning circle at each end as no reverse! Deffo couldn’t do it now without some do gooder giving off about noise!
 

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RCT said:
Used to have to go to Broughshane up in an industrial estate and run in some of the jica engines I’d had seize on me during the week so they were ready and back out for race weekend. Had to be done about 9/10 at night and hope you’d no trucks coming up in and the van across the road at one end. It was so hard to get somewhere with smooth tarmac and big enough turning circle at each end as no reverse! Deffo couldn’t do it now without some do gooder giving off about noise!
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I had to do something similar the first TKM engine I got in a small Industrial estate in the town lol. Not one person gave off, I'd say be a different story now!
 

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warren said:
Really is a pity, this would have been so fantastic
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Trust me it wouldn't! It's in a ***** location, with no road network, no accommodation, no parking, nothing...

It's a blessing that more money wasn't wasted on it (y)
 

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They still have not got the off slip from the M1 to the Eikon Exhibition centre at the Maze so what chance would there have been to significant infrastructure work in this neck of the woods.
 

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Literally Everyman and his dog knew this would never in a million years happen and I can only assume it was some con of sorts ? 🤷‍♂️
 

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Off slip to Eikon was part of the plan before Maze site was developed; however, like most major projects in this country there is a lack of leadership, ownership, accountability and ability to actually get things done!!
 

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chris_b said:
Literally Everyman and his dog knew this would never in a million years happen and I can only assume it was some con of sorts ? 🤷‍♂️
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No this was a genuine business. A Belfast civil engineering company was employed to do a large scale site study but it turned up huge issues with abandoned mine shafts and tunnels under the site. The cost of remediation was a big reason why it was shelved as far as I understand.
 

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neil-c said:
No this was a genuine business. A Belfast civil engineering company was employed to do a large scale site study but it turned up huge issues with abandoned mine shafts and tunnels under the site. The cost of remediation was a big reason why it was shelved as far as I understand.
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It sounds a bit like someone knew about that on the quiet and waited a few years to sell it on to some keen unsuspecting business man/group.
 
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