Dawlish News
Currently (1645hrs) at anchor approx 5km off Watcombe beach.
South West Water is collaborating with a Dawlish videographer to document its significant investment programme, aimed at improving water quality and reducing storm overflows in Dawlish. So far preparation work has been completed for the new storm works at The Lawn and Sandy Lane, including pipe diversions to allow space for the new tanks.
Residents in Dawlish welcome the opening of the new link road, ending a decade of construction traffic disruptions. RESIDENTS in Dawlish, whose lives have been blighted for a decade by construction traffic, are to be relieved of the 100s of vehicle movements with the opening of a new link road.
CRUISE ship Aurora was spotted off the coast of Dawlish and Teignmouth this morning. The P&O ship left Southampton docks last night and it en route to Ireland for its first port of a 16 day round UK cruise.
AN ARDENT bus campaigner is angry at a ‘disastrous’ decision to reduce services in Teignbridge. Dawlish town and district councillor Alison Foden says the move to cut frequency of the 2 service between Exeter and Newton Abbot from three buses an hour to to is detrimental to local residents who need a regular, reliable bus service.
Wasre of time, this goverment will not listen to anything that costs money.
ALMOST 700 people have signed a petition urging the Government to reinstate funding for vital cliff works above the rail line between Dawlish and Holcombe. Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme, the final stretch of the decade-long project to secure the iconic coastal line, was ‘paused’ in July’s spending review.
A POLICE and Communities Together (PACT) meeting is taking place in Bishopsteignton next week. Members of the Teignmouth and Dawlish Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team will be at the Old Commercial Inn on August 22.
Work has begun on a major upgrade to Dawlish’s wastewater system in a bid to cut storm overflow use and improve local bathing waters. South West Water has started the next stage of a multi-million-pound project to future-proof the town’s network as its population grows.
CROWDS were out in force at Dawlish Celebrates Carnival to watch the iconic Red Arrows fly past. The RAF aerobatic display team performed the fly past yesterday afternoon. It was one of the highlights of the packed week of carnival events and activities which culminates tomorrow with the grand finale the Community Parade.