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Letter has gone out from network rail to state the following:- re dawlish seawall they will be working 24 hours a day from now until they leave the site on wed 10 july. the work entails preparing bedrock, delivery of concrete, pouring of concrete and grinding of excess concrete. in other words they will be a pain in the arse for anyone living along that section of the front with ...

8 Jul 2019

Already being actioned:- https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=19/00237/COND1

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If that's the case then won't Network Rail need new planning permission?

There have been issues between the RNLI and the Hope Cove peopl for years, don't understand why.

Sea wall
majorp
majorp
6 Jul 2019

Anyone else heard anything about the new sea wall? I was told by two workers that are working on the project, that the new wall will now be 1.5 mtr higher that planned and it will be a little further out than planned. Something to do with global warming with rising sea levels. So could it be that Network rail are preparing for the unknown?

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/two-coastguard-officers-sacked-after-3057155 Another lack of common sense  decision similiar to RNLI  one a few months ago.

Dawlish did, successfully for several years. But with a committee of just 3 people (with a handful of others helping in specific roles and volunteers who come out for the day to marshal etc) it's a heck of a commitment. During the last year it took place one of those 3 decided that their business needed to take precedence, another developed significant health issues and the final one decided ...

1263
1263
4 Jul 2019

How come Teignmouth can stage the airshow and Dawlish could not.?

@Lynne I totally agree with you. As a London resident I gave up my 60 plus oyster card, which gave me free travel on buses and tube as you describe, for the Devon and Cornwall Railcard, which is not free but gives a discount. I was happy to do this for my better quality of life, however some people, as you describe, really do not appreciate when they are better off!!