Dawlish News
I think you need to look at the bigger picture Margeret the wall is also being extended eastwards not only will it protect the line it will also keep the town safe.
Carer - you should have gone to Specsavers! Oh well if it was breached in the 90s then there is an absolute necessity for the wall!! It was notable yesterday that the waves were still topping the new section so what is the point really?
Can't wait to see it finished. It will look great.
I think you a wrong Margaret it has been breached and within the last 35 years.
In the nineties the wall was breached half way down Marine Parade, the stone ballast was all over the road, the line was shut and wire cages to hold the new ballast were installed. A similar thing (not so bad ) happened a few years later.
It's already an eyesore and that's before the graffiti gets daubed on it!! And on a stretch of line that have never been breached in 150 years!!
The size and scale of the new Dawlish sea wall can be seen as the recurve panels have begun to be the installed. The £30m scheme along Marine Parade aims to protect the railway for the next 100 years aims to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/what-new-30m-dawlish-sea-4068725
The owners of Geralds supermarkets in Dawlish have recorded their video diaries as they help the community during Covid-19 A Very British Lockdown: Diaries From the Frontline will be shown at ITV at 8pm today (Tuesday). Customers open the front door in tears to the Geralds' delivery vans. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/small-devon-supermarket-tells-very-4065023
It opens ok for me.
I can open it Margaret - what error do you get? It's a crap site with loads of ads though!