tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post844418677986553872..comments2023-04-11T11:05:39.834+00:00Comments on Gower SOS (Save Our Sands) - Post your valuable evidence here - Help make the difference.: Gower Beaches - Stop the dredging.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post-16269844173582903832007-08-22T20:24:00.000+00:002007-08-22T20:24:00.000+00:00My mother who was brought up in Barry, 60 years ag...My mother who was brought up in Barry, 60 years ago, now tells me that she no longer goes to Barry island because mud is appearing on the beach. She has never known this in the past. Is there more money in sand revenues than tourism? Your legacy will not be forgotten.<BR/>John Jones<BR/> <BR/>""Goodbye Porthcawl, Barry next, then Gower."<BR/>So the assembly/council have given the go-ahead for removing the Porthcawl theme park, and to allow the building of houses and shops along Porthcawl sea front, and to continue taking the sand from the beach by dredging the channel. Alluvial mud is already appearing on Porthcawl beach as the sand is drained away. Mud is also appearing on Barry beach, and houses are being built on its cliffs. And whatever happened to Lavernock? <BR/>There's more money for the assembly in sand revenues and land deals than tourism. Goodbye Porthcawl. Goobye Barry. Goodbye beaches. Gower next. <BR/>Building flats on Porthcawl beachfront will ensure that shoreline residents will not complain about the loss of tourism or notice the slow destruction of the beach, while the council will have plenty of new money in its coffers from land and sand deals. They expect few complaints. But what a catastrophy to permanently lose these natural assets, and to lose Porthcawl as an attraction. Never mind global warming, we cannot even look after our own back yard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post-29468817829197399342007-08-09T14:22:00.000+00:002007-08-09T14:22:00.000+00:00I am absolutely disgusted at the news about plans ...I am absolutely disgusted at the news about plans to increase sand dredging near the Gower peninsula !!! <BR/><BR/>Please let us have more information about what we can to do help - it will be too late when the coast is ruined as the dredgers will have gone to destroy another part of the coast. <BR/><BR/>I was in Devon last week and learnt about some of their shingle beaches had been ruined by dredging. Coast erosion is a big enough problem, and getting bigger, without being made totally unmanageable by the sand dredger wreaking havoc !! <BR/><BR/>Save our Sands !!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post-250632877145436842007-07-13T08:29:00.000+00:002007-07-13T08:29:00.000+00:00Hello, I can not believe how the beach now looks. ...Hello, <BR/><BR/>I can not believe how the beach now looks. I was there the other day and I quite simply could not understand how the devastation to this part of the country can continue because of dredging.<BR/><BR/>Port Eynon has been one of my all time favourite places to visit in the world but with how it is now I'm not to sure on how long this little seaside village will survive.<BR/><BR/>Please keep up the fight. <BR/><BR/>regards <BR/><BR/> Stuart Webb <BR/> WorcesterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com