Comments on: Windblown Sand Update http://www.hoylakejunction.com/windblown-sand-update Hoylake News, Views and much more! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: News Roundup: 21st May 2009 | HoylakeJunction.com http://www.hoylakejunction.com/windblown-sand-update#comment-674 News Roundup: 21st May 2009 | HoylakeJunction.com Thu, 21 May 2009 18:11:30 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=294#comment-674 [...] missing railings on the promenade that I reported a couple of months ago have been fixed. Shame they couldn’t [...] [...] missing railings on the promenade that I reported a couple of months ago have been fixed. Shame they couldn’t [...]

]]> By: John http://www.hoylakejunction.com/windblown-sand-update#comment-428 John Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:18:57 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=294#comment-428 Just read that article - some interesting info there. By the way, the site http://archive.org is often useful to view older revisions of specified web pages. Just read that article – some interesting info there.

By the way, the site http://archive.org is often useful to view older revisions of specified web pages.

]]> By: Peter Wilson http://www.hoylakejunction.com/windblown-sand-update#comment-352 Peter Wilson Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:13:43 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=294#comment-352 I checked out the Wirral MBC website and the windblown sand report is no longer there but there is a long summary here http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001005.html . However, it conveniently omits the detailed recommendation for a trial to promote natural dune development which was apparently rejected by the council. I checked out the Wirral MBC website and the windblown sand report is no longer there but there is a long summary here http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001005.html . However, it conveniently omits the detailed recommendation for a trial to promote natural dune development which was apparently rejected by the council.

]]> By: Peter Wilson http://www.hoylakejunction.com/windblown-sand-update#comment-351 Peter Wilson Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:53:04 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=294#comment-351 The council commissioned a report on windblown sand problems in Hoylake which recognised that something needed to be done as Hoylake, if left alone, would revert to sand dunes. The report was on the concil website soimewhere. The proposal was to encourage some dunes to develop along the coastline initially in The King's Gap to Beach Road area. It seems the council decided to reject the advice but it struck me as a sensible plan and wouldn't it be nice to have some sand dunes again along this stretch of coast for the first time in over a century. They would provide a nice area for walking, playing, etc and provide a natural 'soft' sea defence and help reduce the sand problem. By the way I've got a great postcard from the 1930s of the dunes in front of Stanley Road before the sea wall was built fom the Royal Hotel all the way to Red Rocks. I'll send you a copy! The council commissioned a report on windblown sand problems in Hoylake which recognised that something needed to be done as Hoylake, if left alone, would revert to sand dunes. The report was on the concil website soimewhere. The proposal was to encourage some dunes to develop along the coastline initially in The King’s Gap to Beach Road area. It seems the council decided to reject the advice but it struck me as a sensible plan and wouldn’t it be nice to have some sand dunes again along this stretch of coast for the first time in over a century. They would provide a nice area for walking, playing, etc and provide a natural ‘soft’ sea defence and help reduce the sand problem.

By the way I’ve got a great postcard from the 1930s of the dunes in front of Stanley Road before the sea wall was built fom the Royal Hotel all the way to Red Rocks.

I’ll send you a copy!

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