Tesco have built a supermarket and other buildings on a flood plain in Seaton on the Jurassic Coast. This is a very ambitious operation with all sorts of potential hazards. Tescowatch Seaton is a group of local people formed to monitor this operation and make a fuss if anything is messed up or missed out.
5 March 2011
Saturday 5th March Pipeline Exercise
Doesn't seem to have happened... anybody know why?
Perhaps they have finally worked out that dumping 600,000 tonnes of salty gravel and sand on this site might not be the best thing to do environmentally.
I know it seems to have worked out OK at Lyme Regis, Boscombe and even the Palm in the Gulf (apparently lots of settlement cracking on this site, could that reduce the chance of a developer delivering affordable housing), but these sites all have one thing in common, they are adjacent to the waterline. Can't say I have ever seen anyone building sand castles on Harbour Road (unless anyone knows different!).
two long pipes have arrived at southampton for welding and i think they are the ones bound for seaton. weather permitting they are due to leave southampton on 14th march
Can't imagine why they didn't hit their target.
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I know it seems to have worked out OK at Lyme Regis, Boscombe and even the Palm in the Gulf (apparently lots of settlement cracking on this site, could that reduce the chance of a developer delivering affordable housing), but these sites all have one thing in common, they are adjacent to the waterline. Can't say I have ever seen anyone building sand castles on Harbour Road (unless anyone knows different!).
two long pipes have arrived at southampton for welding and i think they are the ones bound for seaton. weather permitting they are due to leave southampton on 14th march
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