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Now the government says it plans to introduce a deposit scheme for single-use plastic bottles in England. It will increase prices, but shoppers will get the money back if they return the container. It will also apply to glass bottles and steel and aluminium cans. And not before time, butit still does not say how much the deposit will be. In my youth, there was 3pennies deposit ...

They are fine looking at them right now.

Diana Mond
Diana Mond
28 Mar 2018

That’s why I asked the unanswered question.

Dawlish transplant
Dawlish transplant
27 Mar 2018

Haven't seen them for the last few days. Are they OK?

I see your point but you know how it is money money and it matters not to Network Rail to open the sea wall as they have no obligation to do so it's not like a public footpath it's a private wall.

majorp
majorp
27 Mar 2018

I don't mean use those in situ now, I mean get the bog standard railings from source and instal them. They are used everywhere on the sides of rail tracks. How long did it take the contractors to remove the old railings on the Marine Parade side of the track and replace it with the bog standard railings, I think it was completed in less than a week.

leatash
leatash
27 Mar 2018

Maybe a safety issue removing railings gives the public access to the track.

majorp
majorp
27 Mar 2018

The railings on the other side are bog standard, why could they not use those on the damaged side even if it is of a temporary nature?

leatash
leatash
27 Mar 2018

Is the seawall not private property and Network Rail who own it reluctantly allow the public access and with railings missing it's a public safety issue. The problem is that these jobs making a set of railings would once have been undertaken by engineers in the railway yard workshops, they would have made them in 48 hours and put them back in place.  Not any more its now a number of quotes to get ...

When were these photos taken?