General Discussion
Is this the link you had in mind? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26407806
Michael, I suspect (well, okay, I know ) that local people are part of the Orange Army or are in some way supporting it directly (catering?). It did go through my mind that perhaps they, and others involved, from the evacuation of Riverira Terrace and environs to the final opening of the railway again, could be mentioned in dispatches as it were. Perhaps a photo of each person with name ...
This link should take you to the transcript. http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/WrittenEvidence.svc/EvidenceHtml/6845
I don't see why? Do you? We are where we are with regard to the railway line. And we can either see doom and gloom because of it or see it as a golden opportunty. Just think how much 'free' publicity, both nationally and internationally Dawlish has achieved because of what has happened. And do you know what? I actually think that the publicity will increase the numbers visiting the town ...
What a very appropriate name for a pub in Dawlish............
Then there is Prof. Roger Falconer of Cardiff University. https://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/whoswho/profile.asp?RecordNo=19 Wonder what he'd have to say?
@stephen15 - transport select committee meeting was broadcast on the parliament channel 81 last night. saw most of it. will try and get transcript. noted that nr chief exec talked of looking at building breakwater here. @leatash - would agree with virtually everything you say in your post above. but thing is, and as i have pointed out before, we need to protect this bit of the coastline as ...
@stephen15 what i am saying is that the railway needs to be up and running asap and then to make it more resilient for the long term more engineering work out at sea will be needed ie a breakwater/reef. and before anyone tells me that i'm not an engineer, an oceanographer, a hydrologist, or any other profession that would give me an informed opinion on this matter, i would agree. it just strikes ...
@Clive "if i lived anywhere near the front i would be puttting my hand up to see all available money going into this as the sole investment for a long term solution." I think this is the very point I am trying to get across. From Starcross to Teignmouth, whether low laying land or cliff top houses - it is in everyone's interest for there to be flood/coastal defences. Not to mention the ...
There is a picture on the front of this week's Herald Express showing the damage to the sea wall at Teignmouth. The article accompanying the picture goes on to say; "Yesterday engineers revealed the true extent of the project. Along with the gaping hole left at Riveriera Terrace in Dawlish there are also 525 metres of parapet walls damaged, 256 metres of main seawall to repair, 276 metres of ...
