Plans to improve resilience along a vital one mile long stretch of railway north of Teignmouth will be refined by Network Rail following substantial feedback from the community, passengers and businesses.
Network Rail says it will then share these revisions with the public next year with a further round of public consultation in 2021.
More than 1,600 people responded to a six-week public consultation this year on proposals for the line between Parson’s Tunnel and Teignmouth, which is bordered by steep cliffs on one side and the sea on the other.
The plans would see the track realigned to create space to stabilise the hazardous cliffs and protect the railway for future generations. A realigned coastal footpath would also be built, along with a new landward path and
accessible footbridge across the railway.
More than 2,840 people attend 11 community events at which a 10m-long scale model of the scheme was on display.
Key findings from the 2020 consultation include:
73 per cent of people agreed/strongly agreed that this stretch of railway needs to be more resilient, with 13 per cent disagreeing/strongly disagreeing and 14 per cent undecided.
41 per cent of people agree/strongly agree with Network’s Rails proposals for improved resilience, with 51 per cent disagreeing/strongly disagreeing and eight per cent undecided.
More than half (54 per cent) of people supported or strongly supported the creation of a new coastal path and amenity
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