Richard Green BBC News, Devon Georgina Barnes BBC News, South West BBC Les said abandoning plans to secure cliffs “just seems ridiculous” Residents of a Devon town have expressed disappointment at a government decision to hold the final part of plans to secure a key stretch of Devon and Cornwall’s main rail route. On Tuesday...
But the fifth and final stage to secure the cliffs from Parson’s Tunnel to Teignmouth remains outstanding, which the government has put on hold. In a letter to South West MPs in December, Rail Minister Lord Hendy said this fifth and final phase of work was expected to cost “substantially more than the other four...