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Sea Wall
Margaret Swift
Margaret Swift
18 Nov 2019

Sidmouth is an excellent example. Two of the project managers and the lead engineer told me at the first consultation, in answer to my question, that man-made reefs out at sea was the best option but was also the most expensive option. I did point out that as this was a project to protect the line for the next 100 years then cutting on costs was particularly shortsighted. Surely they should have ...

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
18 Nov 2019

Oh, come on Carer I'm all for any workers taking their scheduled breaks. But they're having a laugh at the taxpayer's expense, Network rail that is. But to see one working and twelve just standing and watching, not chatting, in fact, a couple of them sitting by the toilets. I think you are being an alarmest has anyone died in Dawlish due to storms?  I understand something needed to be done and ...

Margaret Swift
Margaret Swift
18 Nov 2019

Very  very long tea/dinner breaks!! I'll post photographs of the first storm after the wall is completed, no doubt showing the 50 foot waves still crashing onto the line and over into the road!

Carer
Carer
17 Nov 2019

Aren't they allowed to have tea/dinner breaks? That could also be a reason as to why they are seen doing nothing but chatting. As for sleepless nights, when it's done, you will be able to sleep soundly knowing that the next big storm will save not just your your property from being undermined by the sea, but possibly your life as well. Small price to pay (sleepless nights for a ...

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@leatash , nope, I just like to stick to the facts. Humans causing climate change is just fake news. @ER113 No point of posting links to "scientific" papers based on comparing NASA's laughable CO2 measurements taken on top of a active volcano and ice cores. It's non-sense. You can waste your life on climate religion but normal people see through all the lies. The so called climate ...

leatash
leatash
14 Nov 2019

ER113 If i was you i would give up Paul just loves to wind folk up.

ER113
ER113
14 Nov 2019

Well, so you cannot provide the evidence. At least that would appear to be the case given your silence not only here but on a previous blog that, when challenged, you abandoned and ignored. I wonder if you have seen the recent news about flooding in Yorkshire which many people are suggesting is the consequence of climate warming. That is the very heavy rain. Or the very extensive flooding in ...

When the rail line collapsed a couple of years ago there was more urgency from the Government to get the line open. This latest project is going to be spun out as long as possible, and with a lot of manpower just standing around which has not gone unnoticed by Dawlish residents. I predict that this project will be going on much much longer than they have stated. I do feel for those of you that ...

BOO HOO
BOO HOO
14 Nov 2019

Gravy train on steroids. These workers get paid well for this project, but the toffs at the top .....well that is another world. The more workers the more money up the chain of command. The only people who lose are the millions on low earnings who pay the most compared to the corporations.