Boscombe surf reef sign slip leads to hasty cover up (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Boscombe surf reef sign slip leads to hasty cover up
8:45am Tuesday 8th September 2009 in
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A SLIP-up meant tourist signs for Boscombe's Surf Reef were unveiled before final safety checks were carried out.
At least three yellow and black AA signs were unveiled over the weekend but covered up again yesterday.
The final tests are ongoing and council and contractors are meeting later this week to decide if it can officially be declared “open”.
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mikes a wreck
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9:26am Tue 8 Sep 09
that great big pile of sand is gone,why do bocsome always get shot of the best features.
Will A
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11:43am Tue 8 Sep 09
[Chris]
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4:15pm Tue 8 Sep 09
One has a better chance of going over one of the falls on the River Stour. I suppose we could get the Balfleur to divert to the bay before going into Poole, to give a bit of a wave, (or would it be waive)........
Stop embarrassing yourselves Bournemouth Council, and Co (they know) and cover the signs up, or better still take them down.
bbsmith
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7:23pm Tue 8 Sep 09
bbsmith
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7:36pm Tue 8 Sep 09
PokesdownMark
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9:51pm Tue 8 Sep 09
Perhaps it is simply a question of putting marker buoys around it?
Polemicist
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10:39pm Tue 8 Sep 09
PokesdownMark wrote:.
Sure the burning question here is this... how do you safety check a reef? It seems the council know. So can echo ask them? Perhaps it is simply a question of putting marker buoys around it?
Simple answer to your burning question..
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Stick ALL the councilors on a surf board each, and bung them in the sea..
Those that return to shore can truly answer the question...."WAS IT WORTH IT?"
Those that don't .......
BIGTONE
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10:20am Wed 9 Sep 09
mt_sthcoast
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12:32pm Wed 9 Sep 09
PokesdownMark wrote:That's actually quite a good question, I'd be interested to see what the answer is and whether the council has any redress should it be declared "unsafe"... although I suspect the safety checks will be carried out by the same people who carried out the building work, so the chances of them declaring it "unsafe" (and therefore risking no-payment) are slim indeed!!!! or am I just being cynical??
Sure the burning question here is this... how do you safety check a reef? It seems the council know. So can echo ask them? Perhaps it is simply a question of putting marker buoys around it?
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MisterE says...
9:15am Tue 8 Sep 09
Or, should it be found not fit for purpose, are we going to have to pay for it's removal too??