Dawlish News
Transport minister Chris Heaton-Harris officially opened the first section of the new £80m Dawlish sea wall yesterday (Friday, September 25), promising that it will protect the railway "for generations to come".
Mr Heaton-Harris took part in a socially-distanced opening ceremony, beginning with a tour along the new promenade which runs for the entire stretch of the new wall. The new sea wall is 2.5m higher than the previous one and includes a new curved top to deflect the waves back towards the sea.
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I assume he travelled first class and most probably with a large number of support staff to:-
a) tell him where the wall was.
b) why he was actually there.
c) what to say and more importantly what NOT to say.
d) when to leave.
