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letter in today's Dawlish Gazette: There is a major project being proposed in Wales called Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, which is currently seeking planning approval. A similar scheme may be the ideal solution to our failing sea defences and offer long term security to our railway. Such a scheme would offer both coastal and riverside protection to an area from Exmouth-Dawlish Warren-Dawlish ...
It seems there's some twittering (is that the right phrase?) about today's Transport Select Committee meeting and the rail needs of the south west by Ben Bradshaw (lab Exeter) and Adrian Sanders (Lib Dem Torbay). I can't find anything being tweeted by Anne Marie Morris.
@stephen15 - jack spratts is on the strand http://www.jackspratcafe.co.uk/aboutus.html (seems I'm still having problems with capitals though!)
@leatash - this is what you wrote on the 18th feb on this thread: "It has cost £10m to maintain the wall over the last 10 years that is expected to triple as climate change takes hold and sea levels rise these are NR predictions. So is it worth spending the money to future proof the sea wall because at present they are only patching it up varios figures thrown about say it could cost up to ...
I've read (on Eyes of Dawlish I think) that the reason trains aren't running Dawlish Warren/Exeter and Teignmouth/NA/Paignton at the moment is that there is a signalling problem caused by the damage at Dawlish. Presumably if the signalling problem can be resolved even before the Dawlish line is running again then a DW/Exeter and T'mouth/NA service could be provided.
@MARKC - wow! thank you for your very interesting and informative post concerning dawlish local railway history and for addressing the question i posed in my original post. I feel sure that something that might have been of public interest pre Feb 2014 is now something that is definitely of public interest given the events of earlier this month. So, as with Clive's posts, I would urge ...
@Stephen - I've also read somewhere about a Parliamentary Rail Resilience Task Group meeting on the 25th as well. Is that part of the Transport Select Committee or something else again?
@stephen15 - re parliamentary meetings on tues 25th feb. it seems that as well as a meeting of the transport select committee there is another meeting scheduled to take place. see below. Extract from an article in the Exeter Express and Echo by Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton “I am pleased to be hosting a rather timely event on February 25 in Parliament for Westcountry MPs ...
@Clive , @wondering , @stephen15 and others wanting to read some more whys and wherefores regarding the south west's rail network problem(s) - suggest have a read of the comments at the bottom of this link http://www.libdemvoice.org/adrian-sanders-writes-from-the-cutoff-far-south-west-38161.html and.....I've just come across this: " Great Western Railway in 1939, having purchased ...
There is nothing like a General Election for concentrating minds. Especially political minds. The next GE is less than 16 months away. This Dawlish rail issue will still be an ongoing matter in the south west during that time. Although a week is a long time in politics (therefore 16 months is an eternity) at the moment it looks like there will be no overall majority again. Therefore there is ...
