Message #264367

[Vanguard of Truth]

Village to be decommissioned

Gwynedd council’s plans would see the village of 500 homes go through ‘managed realignment’ before being ‘decommissioned’ after the sea defences are abandoned in 40 years.

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Locals say the plan has made Fairbourne the “village of the damned” with falling house prices and businesses struggling for long-term investment.

They take issue with the assumption guiding the plan – that sea levels will rise by more than a metre in the next century,

Campaigner Pete Cole told the Daily Mail the council was relying on an “aggressive model” not used on other stretches of the coastline.