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I thought the shops would have made more effort this year, perhaps their waiting for 2013 when the regeneration has been done, but that maybe too late. You only have to watch the local news and see other small towns show how it should be done.
What's happened! The lights in the Strand and the lights over the brook seem to have given up. The shops in the main centre have made less effort than normal, not a Christmas tree in sight if your driving through. Congratulations to the top end of the town who have put the Strand traders to shame.
Work will go on during Christmas to stabilise cliffs along the railway line between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Rail bosses confirmed it will be done when trains are not running along the vulnerable stretch of the line and services will not be affected Protective fencing, installed ten years ago has buckled under the weight of mud and rocks brought down after several days of heavy rain. It is ...
Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck was selected for Boston’s largest pedestrian and cyclist bridge project to date. Steel footbridge replaced with composite at UK railway station The railway station in the English seaside town of Dawlish has seen a corroded steel footbridge replaced with composite. This is the first composite bridge installed at a ...
Network Rail has announced that services to Plymouth and Cornwall resumed on Saturday after lines were reopened. This followed a landslip on the Teignmouth-Dawlish section on Thursday. Both tracks reopened at 5am today with a 20 mph speed restriction towards London and 50 mph from London. Up to 1,500 tonnes of soil, which fell onto track during the landslide, will have to be cleared by workmen ...
Just driven back from Teignmouth and can't believe the small hedgeslip still remains just past Holcombe Dip. It must have happened at least two weeks ago.
A TRANSPORT expert is calling for work to start on Westcountry rail links that were scuppered by Hitler 73 years ago. After train services to London were twice cut in the past week, Neill Mitchell is urging the Government to look again at plans for a new railway line avoiding Dawlish, which were drawn up before the Second World War. The rail line between Exeter and Newton Abbot was shut this ...
A POLICE community support officer has won a prestigious award. Debbie Sleeman, who patrols in Dawlish Warren, Starcross, Kenton and Mamhead, has received the commander's commendation from Supt Jim Nye at a ceremony at South Devon College. Her focus has been based on engaging with youngsters, concentrating on speeding and parking issues and going into local schools. See more...
A fresh landslip has closed the railway line linking Plymouth and Exeter at Teignmouth. The line, which was reopened on Wednesday after weekend flooding triggered a landslip, was closed again in the evening. About 1,000 tonnes of mud lying against a fence is also threatening the line. The main line from Exeter to the rest of the country has been reopened after flooding at Tiverton but ...
Cofton Country Holidays was awarded a silver in the Holiday Park of the Year category at Visit Devon's annual tourism awards. The competition covers parks catering for holidaymakers in their own touring caravans or tents as well as caravan holiday homes. A new indoor swimming pool complex opened earlier this year. Source: Dawlish Gazette
