Chris
Ah, the old "I pay my taxes/road tax“(no such thing anyway) and "money should all be spent on hospitals, care homes, schools" etc. NEWSFLASH: everyone pays tax! Even cyclists! As Lynne said, these people tend to be healthier and won't need to take as much back, but that's beside the point. This IS an investment and should be welcomed as part of our overall transport infrastructure, along with the ...
Well, if that's not conclusive proof, I don't know what is.
The rusty ones on the sea-wall side?!
Yep, but it's an ideal opportunity to get it done while the line's closed saving more disruption later- plus I'd have thought there were fairly good safety and resilience reasons for doing so too!
It is - I just hope they replace all the railings along King's walk too.......
Looks like we're getting a new canopy at last!
Haha, oops hadn't thought of that!
That sounds fair enough. Does anyone know - is it being repaired as it was, i.e. with the low section that is impassible at high tide, or are they beefing that bit up a bit and making it taller/thicker?
Dawlish could even end up with two stations Dawlish (main/inland/parkway) and Dawlish (seafront)!
I think it was the "alterations to ground floor layout" bit, I believe they're creating new flats (including the former beer-cellar), but by "altering" the rest of the layout, they're making it suitable for a (small-ish) bar/bistro type premises which one of the (many) supporting documents says somewhere.
