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Parking Restriction in the Strand From 24 Jul 2020 to 31 Aug 2020 Dawlish Town Council's Temporary Traffic Restriction Order for parking restrictions between 10am and 3pm each day on the Strand will come into force from 27th July to 31st August to allow for social distancing at a peak holiday time. It does not include loading bays, disabled parking bays or the Strand car park.
Click on this link and scroll down to see the planning apps on the agenda. https://www.dawlish.gov.uk/edit/uploads/3072_135610851.pdf
I've just received, privately, the message below. As I couldn't for the life of me think why it should not be posted, publicly, on here, I've done it instead. Here is the text: "Most of us knew that this would happen. There have been many times I have walked down to the bridge and watched them working with 15 men just standing around of their phones. They worked a lot faster to repair the ...
Network Rail may not be a commercial business but wasn't it the case that Rail Track, its precursor, was? And from what I remember RailTrack wasn't a glowing example of the benefits of privatisation. In fact it was such a shambles that it was taken back in house as it were and became part of Network Rail. "Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track , signalling , ...
I thought profits and share dividends are what drives business when deciding what business does or does not do. Does what is best for communities necessarily come into the equation?
What else should we expect? Would it be British exceptionalism at work again?
Well I guess the town council wanted to help out the town centre businesses in whatever way they could. And if that meant spending money on window stickers then that is what they have done. Every little bit of financial support helps. I know no more than you. If anyone is interested in 1) why the window stickers were provided by the town council and/or 2) why they cost just over £650 ...
I thought for one moment there that I'd be agreeing with you @burneside (one day pigs will fly...) having seen the markings on the Strand pavement yesterday when I was in the town. But I thought to myself "800 quid just for those few very, very, very, spaced out stencils on the The Strand pavement. Surely that can't be right". So I enquired of the town council just how those 800 quidlets had ...
Just been told that my NHS dental check up has been cancelled. Only emergency treatment available. So I asked if that would be the same if I was a private patient. Told "No, if you were a private patient you could have a check-up". So I said "Nothing to do with health and safety then, all to do with money". Receptionist said she appreciated how bad that sounded but NHS dental guidelines ...
Dawlish Town Council planning committee: RESOLVED by majority of Members present and voting that this Council OBJECTS to the applications with the following comments: • The protection of the railway is welcomed and acknowledged as a critical element of Dawlish. However, there are still questions regarding specifics of the design in terms of accessibility, safety, retention of heritage ...
