New Sea Wall At Dawlish
The design of the new higher sea wall at dawlish and whether it will negatively impact on the amenity of the area is the only matter that planners deciding whether it should be built can consider.
New sea wall at dawlish. Dawlish sea wall plans to protect railway for the next 100 years approved despite fears it could destroy town s charm. Today i visited lea mount to see what was happening with the sea wall works. The sea wall protects the high devon cliffs the town of dawlish itself and its local inhabitants. The scheme will raise the wall from its current height of 5m to 7 5m and had raised fears the iconic view of the sea would be lost.
A new wall is to be built to protect a railway line that washed into the sea in 2014. The new dawlish sea wall is part of a series of measures along the coast that aims to protect the only railway line that connects 50 towns and cities in devon and cornwall with the rest of the country. What the new dawlish sea wall will look like network rail has made a planning submission to teignbridge district council devon to improve the long term resilience of the railway linking devon and cornwall to the rest of the uk. Just how high is the new sea wall at dawlish going to be in real terms.
An ingenious graphic display was shown to all those who attended and local resident and holiday makers enjoying an afternoon promenade. A new 25ft 7 5m high sea wall is being built at dawlish devon after the line collapsed during storms on 4 february 2014. Dawlish sea wall we are protecting the railway line for passengers and the people of dawlish in june 2019 work began on a new larger sea wall that will protect the railway and the town for the next 100 years. Network rail have been busy installing the pre cast concrete panels along the 200 year old sea wall built by isambard.
It also provides a vital rail trade route into west devon and cornwall helping to connect many west country communities with the rest of the uk. Up to 80m of government funding will be made available for the project in dawlish devon.