The New Dawlish Sea Wall Build Tour

[@DavidShepheard]

Brilliant to see this being documented so well, so that future generations can see how this sea wall was upgraded.

[@carguyuk7525]

A substantial wall. Should be good for more than the next 120 years. Bam is one of our best civil contractors in the UK. Great job.

[@lordcustard-smythe-smith9153]

Great work. Should keep the sea out for a good few years to come !

[@stephenlittle7534]

What a Great report on how our wall is getting on. Good job Man. Wow. We will have fun walking on that sooner then I thought.

[@keithmason5584]

This is brilliant , like the young BAM engineer(Jack) he is very articulate and well knowledge in civil projects , good work and very well presented.

[@philtucker1224]

The sea is very strong and if you look behind the railway there’s hundreds of family homes that will be a lot safer when this work is complete. No it’s not pretty but it does look up to the job and will give security to that community. Well done 👍

[@annar6430]

Thanks for the update Neil. Speaking as a child of Dawlish , I am still struggling with what I see. However appreciate the reality of the destruction of the sea.

[@donovandavidsonAlton]

wonderful works guys bet you cant wait for the end take care

[@kiza6655]

This is brillient. DAWLISH jest coraz piękniejsze. Pozdrawiam

[@stephendavies6506]

Ive lived in Dawlish for the last 25yrs. It used to be a quaint little seaside town. Much has changed. There's many things you can see from space. the great wall of china being one, now i imagine you can see this monstrosity too. I know it's supposed to secure the railway but it looks more like something from the eastern block. I was on the beach at Exmouth yesterday and until we walked to the end of the beach, we couldn't actually see Dawlish. Then there it was. The sea wall hiding everything. I hope that once its weathered it'll look a bit better. But i doubt it.

[@philtucker1224]

Hopefully once it’s all landscaped with a lovely promenade at least it will be a safer place to live for those living close to the seafront..ironically I guess if the railway wasn’t there, most of that front would have been washed away decades ago.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

The graffiti will help break it up.

[@gillywillybythesea]

@@DomingoDeSantaClara No graffiti on the first section of sea wall built along Marine Parade...

[@michaelbell1882]

Civil Engineering at its best...Said this before Jack never falters on a question..very interesting to watch..

[@sydwoods.woodsendjunction9492]

brilliant vid very informative its looking really good can't wait to see it all finished in that area thanks for the update tour ...very well presented many thanks . syd :)

[@maryoflondon2075]

It's looking good

[@davidbailey533]

When they doing the platform access

[@TeluguOnlineTeaching]

Amazing video 👌

[@johng7rwf419]

Amazing civil engineering project...

[@tonys1636]

So when I next visit in a couple of years (hopefully) I can walk along it in a force 8 without having a cold salt water shower and being washed out to sea. Just as bracing without having to be braced and lashed down!

[@imautuber]

Fantastic !

[@guyjames2795]

…..ally ugly!

[@gillywillybythesea]

@@guyjames2795 Agree that it's not a thing of beauty but, as one of the residents living cheek-by-jowl with the railway (and was evacuated twice during the 2014 storms), I am massively grateful for it!

[@guyjames2795]

@@gillywillybythesea understood - through my rose tinted specs, I want nothing to spoil my childhood memories. Best wishes, Guy

[@HeartlandTuber]

Will there be benches or steps on the promenade so children and short people can step up and see the sea????

[@gillywillybythesea]

Yes, there are four sections (one was shown in the video) where the walkway level will be raised, and stainless steel guards put in place to allow safe viewing. There will also be benches at either end of the promenade: the ones down at Coastguards will be created using stones from the demolished Coastguard boathouse that stood there previously.

[@LeitoTrenes]

Nice video. Likes Subscrito

[@DavidSmith-sq6qw]

When will it be possible to walk the coastal path from Dawlish Warren to Dawlish again?

[@keiththompson8289]

You can now. This work hasn't affected the path. There's a diversion into Dawlish, but that's it.

[@joopterwijn]

Nice work! They better start planning the update of remaining old section straight away,… it not if but when they fail!.

[@CookingWithRoohiAfaq]

Noce

[@markpaul1154]

Once was a beautiful place , they have buggered it right up.

[@barongreenbackthe2nd418]

I live here and it has been completely destroyed,they have no regard for the beach or the people who walk it, it’s just a functional concrete thing.

[@keiththompson8289]

Without it Dawlish would be a destroyed beautiful place.

[@stevehill4615]

Looks like the BERLIN WALL ---- lol

[@garysoar1234]

Coming back down in July, i'm hoping we can walk from the Warren into Dawlish along the wall with no diversions. not going to be as pleasing to the eye as it use to be, but need must i suppose.

[@jeanhawken4482]

It will be good if the wall can stand Mother Nature without groins.

[@HYUKLDER1]

It would be helpful if there were pictures at the same time as Jack is updating about the various parts at the beginning. Some of these parts only become apparent later, examples are: "trackside units"; "holes where the pipes run through"; "steps at Coast Guards" (which of the steps); "upper wall"; "dip down where the old boat house used to be"; "main wall"; "front wall"; "viewing platform areas"; "facing panels".

[@annar6430]

Message for Mr Brooks...please can you reassure us that all the submerged metal containers will be removed ??

[@annar6430]

Mr Brooks..when are All the metal containers being lifted off the beach?

[@edlenesantos6554]

Hello sou brasil

[@fred.sherwood2575]

No little boats will land there. It looks like a prison wall

[@geppettosmith9363]

Why build a vertical wall???? Surelly an angled wall and deflector wouuld reduce the pressure of waves on the concrete! Control and direct rather thn blunt force.

[@robertjames8909]

Fascinating project however I concur with those that think it will look like a prison from the sea. Sorry to sound negative but the word graffiti comes to mind only a matter of time. It’s a pity it could not have been faced with oak sleepers or even seaside style colourful artwork ,ah well rant over construction wise excellent and interesting project.👍

[@roconnor01]

I wouldn't be surprised if that became a huge graffiti wall....sadly.

[@gillywillybythesea]

I could imagine that - except the corresponding wall at Marine Parade has been in situ for months nowyet hasn't become a spray-paint free-for-all.

[@Joe90V]

Bloke on the vibrating poker, towards the end, needs some instruction on correct application. The man said they were using a smaller aggregate so the poker man needs to be mindful of the fines coming to the surface.

[@irenepotter2709]

It is going to get very hot on the path between the two rows of concrete so not good to walk dogs or babies in push chairs in the summer and disabled people on mobility scooters will not be able to see over the wall except in viewing places so no not very nice if going from Dawlish Warren to Dawlish but cyclists will no doubt speed along there. Also where can disabled scooters, push chairs etc get down on to the beach. Why isn't it all ramped instead of steps? Very disheartening for older people who can't manage steps.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

According to network rail’s designs there will be ramp access at the station end and limited ramp access at the coastguards end

[@irenepotter2709]

@@andrewreynolds4949 Thank you for replying so will mobility scooters be able to go to Dawlish Warren?

[@gillywillybythesea]

@@irenepotter2709 Yes, will be all-accessible between Dawlish and the Warren via the Colonnades (town viaduct) once completed. Much easier - and safer - than previously, when there was often shingle flung up onto the seawall (underneath the wooden pillars that supported the platform). The path will also be much smoother than the original (so easier on wheels, whether children's buggies, mobility scooters or wheelchairs). You are right about cyclists, unfortunately - but cyclists have always used the route. You'll be able to see the sea at the four planned viewing platforms: there's already a ramped one in place on the completed wall at Marine Parade. I do agree with you about the apparent lack of ramped access to the beach midway along the sea wall at Coastguards. I don't doubt the argument goes along the lines of 'There'll still be ramped access onto the main town beach, and there is already access at Coryton Cove - and we are tight for space down at Coastguards to put in additional ramped access there.' Personally, I'm disappointed with the lack of ramped access at Coastguards: I'd have thought it could/should have been incorporated. Maybe there's an engineering reason behind it (eg something to do with a ramp significantly reducing the inherent strength of the sea wall) or a more politically sensitive one (eg they could have included ramped access in the design, but the extra loss of beach that including one would necessitate would cause outrage among locals).

[@irenepotter2709]

@@gillywillybythesea Thank you so much for replying to me. I don't think the powers that be realise that you can't push or drive anything with wheels like push chairs and mobility scooters along distances of sand and pebbles so the only option to be near family who are on the beach is to sit at the end of a ramp or go a short distance on firm sand otherwise an elderly person never gets to be with loved ones and sits on their own somewhere else which is very lonely and upsetting for every one, Irene

[@irenepotter2709]

@@gillywillybythesea Nearly all other beaches I know have ramps everywhere like Newquay which would then be accessable for emergency vehicles. Sorry but I feel strongly about this and it can't take up much more space. People with walking sticks, people with elderly dogs etc etc. They could make a feature out of it, with seats and hand rails.