Surf reef on track to open in September (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Surf reef on track to open in September
7:00pm Friday 14th August 2009 in
BOSCOMBE’S long-awaited surf reef will enter its final construction phase next week and is on track to be completed in September.
Now that the reef is in place, workers from ASR are fine-tuning the underwater structure, including topping up the bags and checking that the reef complies exactly with the original design.
ASR will also remove temporary anchors and red buoys and undertake a final survey of the completed reef.
Shaw Mead, ASR’s technical director, said: “Like any major construction project, there are extensive checks to be undertaken before we can say the project is complete.
“We are now starting to make all those checks thoroughly and according to the agreed specification, and I remain confident that we will finish in September as scheduled.”
The problematic reef project has been beset with delays, caused by poor weather conditions.
The confirmation that it will meet its September deadline will have left many councillors and officers relieved.
Cllr Beverley Dunlop, cabinet member for leisure and tourism, said: “I am very pleased that the construction of Europe’s innovative first artificial surf reef is progressing according to plan.
“I look forward to hearing that the project can be officially declared complete next month – that’s when I’ll be booking my surf lessons.”
The team has also begun to shut down the land-based construction site, dismantling their pipelines and equipment into containers, removing containers from the beach and flattening the surplus mound of sand.
This means that much of the beach area used for construction should be back in use for next week’s air festival.
Comments(23)
Peggy Babcock
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8:09pm Fri 14 Aug 09
cantique
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9:07pm Fri 14 Aug 09
rainbowkisses
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9:09pm Fri 14 Aug 09
time nor Tide
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4:35am Sat 15 Aug 09
I hope that it pays for itself in the first year and then every year afterwards is another of the same quantity return of its cost.
why would anyone wish otherwise?
DemonDiva
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7:19am Sat 15 Aug 09
Glashen
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10:43am Sat 15 Aug 09
The real test however will not be how good the surf is but whether the tide has really turned for Boscombe and the investment that has come into the area now leads to prosperity for Boscombe beyond the seafront.
beachcomber1
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11:18am Sat 15 Aug 09
Maureen Arthur
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3:11pm Sat 15 Aug 09
Value for money...
Cheaper at Jewsons!
reverendrev
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9:02pm Sat 15 Aug 09
cooperman
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1:18pm Sun 16 Aug 09
lets all gather round the beach to watch dozy dunlop drown in the gentle swell - so do you have to book your time on this wonderful creation ? cant wait ..... so I wont !!
Laurie H Marsh
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1:19pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Apart from a few gifted professionals most of them are dole bludging deadbeats!
I am sure that Boscombe needs a few more un-employed layabouts!
I have worked with a lot of these people and it does not take them long to realise that an apprenticeship, with its low rate of pay is just not worth the effort when a bunch of them on the dole can do nothing but have a great time on taxpayers money!
Maggie69
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1:59pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Laurie H Marsh wrote:Maybe the surfers in Australia are all bums but I and many other working people, and people with families, enjoy surfing. Are you saying that respectable people should be denied this facility just because it might attract a few wasters? I doubt the surf here will ever compete with the established surf beaches anyway, at best it'll just enhance the conditions a bit for locals & people wanting to learn to surf. The scum of Boscombe are generally more interested in getting wasted than in watersports. They struggle to balance on the pavement, let alone on a surfboard. Life in Brisbane must be pretty dull, the amount of time you spend on here criticizing things that no longer concern you.
Do you really want surfers on a "family" beach? Apart from a few gifted professionals most of them are dole bludging deadbeats! I am sure that Boscombe needs a few more un-employed layabouts! I have worked with a lot of these people and it does not take them long to realise that an apprenticeship, with its low rate of pay is just not worth the effort when a bunch of them on the dole can do nothing but have a great time on taxpayers money!
Laurie H Marsh
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3:19pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Maggie69 wrote:You have to be kidding!
Laurie H Marsh wrote: Do you really want surfers on a "family" beach? Apart from a few gifted professionals most of them are dole bludging deadbeats! I am sure that Boscombe needs a few more un-employed layabouts! I have worked with a lot of these people and it does not take them long to realise that an apprenticeship, with its low rate of pay is just not worth the effort when a bunch of them on the dole can do nothing but have a great time on taxpayers money!Maybe the surfers in Australia are all bums but I and many other working people, and people with families, enjoy surfing. Are you saying that respectable people should be denied this facility just because it might attract a few wasters? I doubt the surf here will ever compete with the established surf beaches anyway, at best it'll just enhance the conditions a bit for locals & people wanting to learn to surf. The scum of Boscombe are generally more interested in getting wasted than in watersports. They struggle to balance on the pavement, let alone on a surfboard. Life in Brisbane must be pretty dull, the amount of time you spend on here criticizing things that no longer concern you.
Life in Brisbane is about as good as it gets!
I just dont lke T.V.
Let me tell you about a winters day in Brisbane.
We got up to a temperature of 12 degrees (C).
We went for a round of golf (only 9 holes), cost, 5 pounds.
Got the local paper.
Came home, had lunch and went for a ride on the "city cat" down the Brisbane river (temp 26 degrees).
Took a 2 hour walk along the river bank to the city centre and wandered around so my wife could take a look at the shops.
Got back on the "cat" and went home.
Had a cup of coffee, sat outside and watched the sun go down.
Watched the news and current affair program.
Had dinner.
Then I got on the computer and checked several different sites (this being one of them) and am about to watch the end of the football match between Man U. and Brum.
Tell me that YOUR day was half as good as mine!
Since you say that you enjoy surfing you must frequent surfing sites.
Have you not been to Cornwall and seen all the "no-hopers" there?
Maybe the next time that you go you might open your eyes and notice just who (or what) your fellow surfers are like!
Have a good life!
peterdw777
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9:12pm Sun 16 Aug 09
"Watched the news and current affair program."
"about to watch the end of the football match between Man U. and Brum".
The second and third statements show the first to be a lie.
Also in your busy schedule I didn't see the magic word 'work'. Are you a lazy layabout too?
jeebuscripes
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10:24pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Can we bury all the ads in the IMAX or what? I've had enough of his big cheesy face. Nice shirt Martin.
Laurie H Marsh
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12:29am Mon 17 Aug 09
peterdw777 wrote:You are a litte quick to call someone a liar!
"I just don't lke T.V." "Watched the news and current affair program." "about to watch the end of the football match between Man U. and Brum". The second and third statements show the first to be a lie. Also in your busy schedule I didn't see the magic word 'work'. Are you a lazy layabout too?
The t.v. that I was refering to is the mindless sit-com and serial junk.
Aren't you the bloke that keeps quoting scriptures?
Do you work on Sundays?
Shouldn't you be in church?
As for being a lazy layabout, well you could say that because I worked for up to sixty hours a week for fifty two years and then retired!
Go in peace my son!
time nor Tide
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5:18am Mon 17 Aug 09
the promises have been so uplifting for everyone and now its all about to be finished and the benefits revealed we should be anticipating what good can come from it. As the astute Cllr Beverley Dunlop says its time to become water competent and learn to surf -everybody! So all book for your surf lessons
bring on the reef surf and the change for bournemouth it can only be better than what it is now.
time to start planning for the next one and how to pay for it - the official opening will reveal all.
now of all times is when to be positive and upbeat!
cooperman
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7:01am Mon 17 Aug 09
time nor Tide wrote:all very well but for those of us who will never use it and thats probably 99% of the local population its just a waste of money that we did not agree to suscribe to,it is not a revenue earner and as yet its benefit is untested whats more it isnt going to inspire any surfers of note to come and have a go on a regular basis - though no doubt,as an opening shot Dunlop will find some surfing celeb to try it out for a handfull of cash in a vain attempt to give it some credibility and save her face and we'll all be told what a wonderful thing it is .... its bullshine and we all know it but these councillors have to have their little pet projects dont they !!!
the talk above is just a bit off-topic and why wouldnt anyone wish the best can happen with whats here?
the promises have been so uplifting for everyone and now its all about to be finished and the benefits revealed we should be anticipating what good can come from it. As the astute Cllr Beverley Dunlop says its time to become water competent and learn to surf -everybody! So all book for your surf lessons
bring on the reef surf and the change for bournemouth it can only be better than what it is now.
time to start planning for the next one and how to pay for it - the official opening will reveal all.
now of all times is when to be positive and upbeat!
and how about that for a security word - lady-deal - oh how apt
time nor Tide
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7:20am Mon 17 Aug 09
Ive been criticall in the past but now dont want to be a spoiler of a party that has been sooo expensive to get to this stage.
bring it on and lets enjoy the result for the money it has cost. why be downbeat at all at this stage when the culmination of the all the effort is "ready2go".
lets just spend time watching those that are able to- enjoy what they can do surfing the waves.
wonderway
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7:53am Mon 17 Aug 09
time nor Tide
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1:05am Tue 18 Aug 09
at this stage I think we just have to fully trust that they are truefull and fully disclosing what is actually happening - what good can come of doing or saying otherwise? I really regret meantioning it being built upside down and now realise that they must have intended it to be that way and where just not disclosing because of some commercial reason.
That is not meant to stifle freedom of opinion but to allow them to showcase their efforts in an undistracted way. meanwhile every scenario under the sun will become evident as it does as time goes on. But lets not spoil the sales pitch that the estate agents use about the reef - perhaps even turn a blind eye to the downsides for a while so that extra money can be available from sales to improve any shortcommings.
all can benefit from that- including the new buyers.
time nor Tide
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2:11am Sat 22 Aug 09
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Picture: Gary Ellson, Bournemouth Helicopters
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