Coastal communities in Wales face being abandoned

[Brownie86]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26125479

Coastal communities in Wales face being abandoned as rising sea levels mean the cost of maintaining defences can no longer be justified, BBC Wales can reveal.

A 2010 report found £135m must be spent annually on defences by 2035 just to maintain the current level of risk.

Councils across Wales are now planning for a "managed retreat".

Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said it was not currently part of Welsh government policy.

But BBC Wales' Week In Week Out has found local authorities around Wales are already making preparations.

Fairbourne, in Gwynedd, is expected to enter into managed retreat in 2025. It is one of around 50 communities listed as being in such areas in the next 45 years.


Pack your bags Kurt, time to move!

 

[tommye]

Send them all back to the mountains.
There hasn't been much of an advance since the stone age so not many would notice.

 

[Bungle]

Probably cheaper to just sink Wales and be done with it, no?

 

[Brownie86]

Liverpool already tried that mate for drinking water. Welshies still urinate in that lake

 

[peteblue]

They'll just hook up the caravans and move them further inland.........

 

[tommye]

Liverpool already tried that mate for drinking water. Welshies still urinate in that lake

that's ok mate. While they are out pissing in the lake we are smashing their women.

 

[Brownie86]

that's ok mate. While they are out pissing in the lake we are smashing their sheep.

Corrected that for you mate

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

If we all go to the border armed with a chisel & mallet, can't we just chip it off & let it float off into the Atlantic?

 

[Brownie86]

If we all go to the border armed with a chisel & mallet, can't we just chip it off & let it float off into the Atlantic?

Let me know when this is happening so I can pack my bags and move back to England. Tah.

 

[Bungle]

If we all go to the border armed with a chisel & mallet, can't we just chip it off & let it float off into the Atlantic?

If the Taliban open up a training camp and mistakenly blow themselves up by the border that might be quicker than a chisel?

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

If the Taliban open up a training camp and mistakenly blow themselves up by the border that might be quicker than a chisel?

They might take down a few innocent sheep in the process, so I think it's safer if we stick to Plan 'A' bruv.

 

[Bungle]

They might take down a few innocent sheep in the process, so I think it's safer if we stick to Plan 'A' bruv.

A dead sheep is easier to catch though...

 

[Brownie86]

A dead sheep is easier to catch though...

Is that why you're banned from Tesco?

 

[tsubaki]

Bad news for the English - as living space in Wales decreases, the chances of the reconquista beginning increase.

 

[Bungle]

Is that why you're banned from Tesco?