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Offline SteveH

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1230 on: February 17, 2017, 04:17:29 pm »
H. Is that groyne covering an outlet ?  Poss.  some nasty pollution affecting the starfish.

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« Reply #1231 on: February 17, 2017, 10:26:03 pm »
I'm not sure if it does or not Steve but the groyne is not very long and I would have thought that it would be a lot longer if it was getting rid of the nasty stuff.
There are a number of these groynes on the beach and they need them to stabilise the sand.    The current there goes from west to east and the Starfish were mainly on the western side of the groyne so they could have drifted there in the current.


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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1232 on: February 22, 2017, 01:44:29 pm »
I've just seen two of the Apache Helicopters flying past in an easterly direction.   They were flying over the sea and quite low too but I didn't realise that they were Apache Helicopters until it was too late to take a photo.
They were much quieter than the Chinooks that passed by a couple of weeks ago.

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« Reply #1233 on: February 23, 2017, 10:16:16 am »
The weather is pretty rough up here on the Heights.    Storm Doris has coincided with the bin day and litter is all over the place and bits of trees have fallen all the way down the hill. 
A large tree has fallen in Pen Y Bryn Road and blocked the road.

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« Reply #1234 on: February 23, 2017, 12:40:19 pm »
Just looked out of my window and the sea looks quite rough and the wind has not started to die down yet so I'm staying put today.

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1235 on: February 23, 2017, 01:00:17 pm »
Colwyn Bay Pier has suffered further damage in the storm
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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1236 on: February 28, 2017, 11:26:20 am »
Apart from the health question I picked up on the cost of two million pounds for a new football pitch, ?

New Parc Eirias football pitch sparks cancer fears

The pitch is being developed following a cash boost of more than £2 million from Conwy Council and the Welsh Government.

Fears have been raised the new 3G football pitch at Parc Eirias, in Colwyn Bay, could cause cancer.
Artificial 3G pitches are created by inserting synthetic grass-like blades into a thin base layer of sand.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/new-parc-eirias-football-pitch-12666632

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1237 on: March 24, 2017, 03:33:26 pm »
New car park at Parc Eirias
Work will start on the construction of the new car park at Parc Eirias on Monday (27/03/17).
The new car park will be mainly for visitors attending sport, business and recreation events at Parc Eirias; it will offer parking spaces for cars, coaches, motorcycles and bicycles.
The work will be carried out by Llysfaen-based Jennings Civil Engineers and Building Contractors, and is expected take about 16 weeks. RefDP

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1238 on: March 24, 2017, 04:02:27 pm »
Hi Steve,  I had an e-mail from a friend two weeks ago and he said that the plans for the new Council building in Coed Pella Road Colwyn Bay have changed and as a result they are no longer going to build an underground car park on the site.
He said that the new car park at Parc Eirias is for the staff and visitors for the new Council Offices but that seems strange as the two places are  some distance apart.        ???

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1239 on: March 24, 2017, 04:23:18 pm »
I seem to remember the new offices will require 700 staff ?  Fun and games all round then.   

Offline llewelyn

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1240 on: March 24, 2017, 04:52:00 pm »
If this is true. Local residents will have a problem council staff filling all street parking !

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« Reply #1241 on: March 24, 2017, 05:08:59 pm »
If this is true. Local residents will have a problem council staff filling all street parking !

Soon be as bad as Llandudno, and I do sympathise with the residents, I have just remembered, this new build is taking away a large car park, so the problem is worse than I thought.

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Re: Everything to do with Colwyn Bay
« Reply #1242 on: March 24, 2017, 05:24:36 pm »
Sounds completely bonkers! Why have the car park nowhere near the offices? Anyone would thing that CBCC were organising this!
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« Reply #1243 on: March 24, 2017, 06:06:56 pm »
It is likely to be a park and ride.......that is the word on the street!

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« Reply #1244 on: March 24, 2017, 07:04:10 pm »
Or the CCBC version, "park and taken for a ride".