General Discussion
Totally agree but what happens to the billions of Road Tax Mot Petrol tax.By definition the road tax money is being diverted and here in the West the HS2 project is not important.All the West M.P's should get off their asses and start rebelling.
What a state for a major road.Somone will get killed especially a morcyclist.The potholes along its length would do credit to any third world country and is a total embarrassment. The Road and rail networks for the West are in serious need of funding.
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I am not an expert in this field but why not sink 4-5 scrap ships a mile or so out. At first it may look unsightly until the superstrcture is broken up,but it would break up the force of the waves and eventually form a reef.
Solution One train going back and forth and as far as signalling is concern in old days they had a metal loop which the driver had in his cab he had right of way. Jobs done.
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It strikes me that the places beyond Devon suffer severe traffic chaos during the summer.If there is no alternative then people will have to use cars It is no coincidence that many are thinking of reopening lines that beeching closed and it was folly to sell the land when the track was ripped up.
If they abandoned the railway line to go inland Teignmouth,Newton Abbot,Torquay, Paignton and Dartmouth would lose so much from tourism.So it must favour getting the present line repaired.For the present move Dawlish station to the Warren
It does seem to me why they have not built the sea wall further out.Having seen pictures of trains under the breaking waves it seemed that a perfect storm was going to come. What Dawlish could do with both for protection and generate revenue and tourism is a harbour.
They could run a service from Dawlish Warren to Exeter and from Teignmouth to Newton Abbot and beyond as a shuttle
