2008 Felixstowe’s Fate

Plaque Unveiled 1st October 2008 on completion of Sea Defence Work.

• A unveiling ceremony was held to mark the completion of the Felixstowe Sea Defence work  with speeches before invited guests and members of the public watching as the ribbon was cut by David Coe Chairman of the Regional flood Group  and Jim Bidwell Chairman of the Suffolk Coastal Council,
• Thanks were expressed to those responsible for the scheme and it was encouraging to hear such phrases when referring to the 1953 floods ”It must never be allowed to happen again” which no doubt left some of the listeners wondering whether Council plans to actually build  new houses on the land metres away from where the ceremony was taking place as to the sincerity of such statements.
• Happily though Felixstowe was described as the “Jewel in the Crown of Suffolk” the invigorating air praised,  and the fact that there was simply nowhere to beat it, which residents of course know to be true.
• Winter North Easterly Gales will try the scheme if it is going to work  as the sea once more  landscapes the now revitalized  beach. Many doubters  watch in anticipation, and wonder at the claims  of flood  protection for the next century.

Sea Defence Completion Felixstowe Plaque Unveiled