Dawlish Sea Wall Works Update - Progress of the new Sea Wall in Dawlish

[@frededwards8585]

It's brilliant watching this all take place. Been following it all. Right from when the track disappeared.

[@grahamhunt6132]

The wall progresses apace! Very informative. Thanks to all concerned.

[@rogertaylor7546]

It's brilliant to see the recent progress. My visits to Dawlish keep getting postponed but hopefully July now.

[@simonevans6664]

A great and informative video from beach cams man and jack again. So good to see the view from the beach side as opposed to the view from Sea Breeze. The work is amazing and the wall will be wonderful to be accessible for everyone to walk along when it's finished.

[@annar6430]

Awesome work,great update Neil.....hope to come soon. The beautiful photographs from your 2021 calendar are now framed and have pride of place on my white walls at home 💚🖤🧡.

[@paulnicklin4272]

Thank you for this update 👍

[@phoenixellis5016]

Nice work lads. I'm coming dawlish to live and work soon. Im a labourer, painter and decorator. Can't wait to come down

[@wordreet]

Can hardly wait for this to be finished, looking great so far!

[@ianshingler5788]

Have spent many happy times in Dawlish over many years and will be there in July. Totally destroyed it for me now, don’t think I will be returning again, heartbroken.

[@sgthree]

Oh well 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@sgthree]

I guess it’s just as well you don’t live here then!

[@peterjones3557]

Oh Dear, How sad, never mind.

[@phoenixellis5016]

Wow, shouldn't you see this as a good thing? It will mean more visitors, more revenue, more work. The place will be buzzing. And what more can you want, sea to one side and homes to the other. Its a place to grow but not over populate like sodding London. This place is getting more like Judge Dredd everyday. Police care less and less about people, if all that is the problem in Dawlish is only these works, heck I'll take that any day.

[@sgthree]

@@phoenixellis5016 Sadly, there are many (mostly who don't live in the area) who just see the place as a theme park, and don't want it to change. They are oblivious to the fact that people live here 365 days a year, and live real lives - and are not just people in costumes. If the building of a wall is enough to drive people away, then they don't really appreciate what the town has to offer and needs to function in to the future. Oh, well!!

[@KOI-nz3vn]

Great update and info again guys. Well done. Hope you enjoyed your time off Jack and hopefully Neil is feeling better now after being in hospital. All the best guys. Real stars.👍

[@keithmawson3773]

great update again

[@mikebeaumont137]

Are you building a lift for the platform for disabled access to platform 2.? Or what is planned for disabled access.

[@mattjones366]

Discussed in past updates and can be found on the Network Rail website - a new fully accessible footbridge will be built/installed in 2023, located just to the east of the existing station buildings. Previous episodes have had the area for the foundation for the new footbridge pointed out.

[@richardtaylor3086]

Great job well done 👍

[@ThehulkGreen]

I am from bridgwater Somerset and spend almost every summer in dawlish/Teignmouth/torquay. I am in utter love with the place, I know it's where I will lay my hat for the last time, I just hope I can find a nice home and a job that can settle all. If you know anything about bridgwater you will know it's got bad, it's not like I would infect a great place with outer malice, i would embrace and try to add.

[@joginns778]

Can you tell me are the old three arch bridge going to be replaced as well as they do look a bit tired, love the video's been watching.from the very start brilliant job,

[@andrewreynolds4949]

The old rail bridge will not be replaced. Inspections have said it is mostly surface rust, so it will likely be repainted

[@joginns778]

@@andrewreynolds4949 thanks eversomuch for the information on the bridges,jo

[@mcdon1000]

Thanks Neil. So informative and comprehensive. Very interesting is the design of the interlocking blocks for the seawall. You don't really appreciate the scope of the construction due to the foreshortening effect of the beach cams. Can't wait for the next one.

[@harrygleed423]

Could we have a view of all the works along the Dawlish sea wall?

[@CoastCams247]

Please watch the previous video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ-wZ5dundaHq6s

[@thetessellater9163]

Surprised to see the huge concrete blocks laid with the perps in one vertical line, rather than staggered, brickwork fashion. Would staggered perps not make for an even stronger wall?

[@ellenkellett6529]

When will this project be finished 🤔it will be fantastic

[@CoastCams247]

There is now set date but some time in 2023.

[@20shaun12]

Did I hear correctly from the Last Update, that it should All be complete by December 2023?

[@bigbarty8648]

If the sea chooses to knock it down, it will.

[@jameskrell4392]

Lets hope so.

[@sgthree]

So, you want the town to disappear? Takes all sorts, I guess.

[@jameskrell4392]

@@sgthree The sea front has been destroyed as it is

[@sgthree]

@@jameskrell4392 in your opinion. The work is necessary to protect the town. What do you think people were saying when the railway first arrived? Yet it has become an integral part of the town. The new wall, when finished, will become part of its character the same way the old one did.

[@jameskrell4392]

@@sgthree You obviously have no idea what the word chracter means and how it is formed. The work is an abomination.

[@philtucker1224]

Hello again BCM,( thank you for this) the nine ton blocks, I can see that they locate down on to each other vertically, but once located are they also linked laterally to each other, to the left and right?

[@andrewreynolds4949]

There are two slots visible on the side faces, where presumably a sort of "key" locks them together to help prevent twisting or forwards-backwards movement.

[@engineerjim2018]

Just heard the terrible news that access under the railway will be closed for 12 weeks. The alternative is not safe for parents with kids and prams. Also no access at all for the elderly and disabled. Why can’t a safe access tunnel be provided through the works as happens on many other building sites.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I assume that would be when they are installing the new pedestrian bridge alongside the rail bridge? If that's the case I don't think there's any reasonable way to make a safe pedestrian route through that location.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Did the designers ever consider putting in a tidal swim/paddle pool?

[@almostanengineer]

The old ‘rock pool’ is going to be reinstated, so there will be a small paddling area similar to what we had before.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

@@almostanengineer nice

[@andrewreynolds4949]

There will be a sort of fancy open-top culvert, but it will be nominally off-limits to beachgoers. Not that I think it will really stop people anyway, but there won't be the same sort of sheltered area anymore.

[@chelmswoodjunction]

When will it be possible to walk from dawlish Warren all the way to dawlish??. And when is the completion date??.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

There is currently a diversion in place over the coastguard footbridge, so it should be possible to walk all the way, if not on the wall for the whole length

[@paul-hill]

Can you explain why you leave a gap for the sea to flood where your working?

[@thetessellater9163]

Don't see what you mean? The area is blocked off with pumps to expel the water from rising through the ground, and keep the area free of sea.

[@wam2610]

👍

[@johnwilliams-sc1vf]

There seems to be more of the workforce looking than working, must be on day work

[@markwood1705]

Often wondered about that too. Think it must be something about how work has order and not everything can be done at once. Guess some tasks need waiting on till its previous bit is complete, then the next thing can be started on :)

[@almostanengineer]

@@markwood1705 there are also guys who spot for the equipment, surveyors, engineers who all have jobs that don’t require them to be in the ground, but are all vital to the job

[@mcdon1000]

@@markwood1705 Also machinery needs a spotter and someone looking out for everyone's safety when they are working down in a virtual hole.

[@markwood1705]

@@mcdon1000 Suspected as much. Thanks for the info folk :)

[@andrewreynolds4949]

There does have to be some amount of staying out of the way of the machinery when lifting too