Artificial surf reef opens in England
The Telegraph, one of England’s more colorful newspapers, reports today that Europe’s first artificial surf reef is being opened in a place called Boscombe, which is on England’s southern shore. The telegraph reports that “The reef has spiralled in costs from £1.35 million in 2006 to £2.68 million”, and that “sandbags covering roughly the size of a football pitch are fixed to the seabed, nearly 250 yards (225m) from the shore east of Boscombe pier. (Click here to read entire article.)
Interestingly, Wikipedia reports that Boscombe is not considered the most upmarket area in the Bournemouth area however the area has improved significantly over the past 5 years. Previously, the presence of drug dealers and high crime rates, along with mainly small and pokey houses have deemed most of the area as unsophisticated. However, with the on-going regeneration plans and new housing developments these problems are diminishing at a considerable pace. Support and interest in the town is likely to improve over the next year, leading into September 2009, with the completion of Boscombe Surf Reef. Citation.
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