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Peter Carey

@flick2leg

Photography, cycling, hockey, cricket, pod shaving and Guernsey in no particular order.

Guernsey Katılım Ocak 2011
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Peter Carey
Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@ViaerFou @RossLeBrun I had whittled my choices down to two candidates. I might not agree with him on everything, but the article today may have swayed me to vote for @RossLeBrun. Much of what he said chimes with my own views on the housing situation.
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Guy Plummer
Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449·
As last year I will be offering a prize to that person who tweets the nearest number of votes cast for the winner of #guernsey #byelection26 which will be £50 to the charity of the winners choice Please Retweet I’m going first with a guess of 1500
Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449

@guernseygirl6 @advocategreen1 @YvonneBurford @MaryLowe501 @oldfarmhorace @GollopGuern @RossLeBrun As per June 25 election, will be choosing the winner of the #guernsey #byelection26 via a book of meat draw tickets At a cost of £2.45 instead of -£75,000

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Peter Carey
Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@DavidPiesing63 @LeonieLeTissier @Lindsay_Gsy Given the time that has elapsed since the Royal Haskoning report you'd hope information relating to the possible need for strengthening of the existing wall would be known. As you say, it would be nice to see some actual development, not just more reviews or plans.
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David Piesing@DavidPiesing63·
@LeonieLeTissier @flick2leg @Lindsay_Gsy I’m no engineer but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the existing wall would need strengthening to support it. Same in Town too. But whatever needs to be done just needs to actually get done.
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Guy Plummer
Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449·
1) think more info on these Northern sites needs to be made public What changed after this 2021 statement which would have undoubtedly been made in good faith re Kenilworth?
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@GuyPlummer34449 @jameswpen @pvbsc1 @drandy_sloan @SteveWi73615090 @GsyHousingAssoc @Govgg Insurance premiums in the area must be crippling given the risk is so high that occupiers can't move in. Good job there is no critical infrastructure nearby. If the States is serious about resolving housing, debate on the flood defence plan will be brought forward urgently.

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Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449·
@jameswpen @pvbsc1 @drandy_sloan @SteveWi73615090 @GsyHousingAssoc @Govgg I can reveal that the confidential flood risk reports show that the North of the Island sits atop a giant floating barge donated by the famous Victorian Clive of India Such is the build up population, it needs only an extra 4 ppl to live on Southside to sink the entire area
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Peter Carey
Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@pvbsc1 @DavidPiesing63 @MaryLowe501 The figure of 600 empty flats was surprising, I would like to know how that number was arrived at. I am sure the 500 people estimated to be living in hotels because they can't find accommodation would also like to know.
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Mary Lowe
Mary Lowe@MaryLowe501·
Easily available, look on Watts & Co website, there are so many office blocks available. Go back 10yrs or more and these would have been snapped up, especially the modern building by the police station, large office blocks in the Avenue, the list goes on……
David Piesing@DavidPiesing63

@YoungGuern @GuyPlummer34449 200,000 sqf of empty office? Would be interested to see a breakdown of that figure

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Peter Carey
Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@advocategreen1 It will be interesting to see how many do sign up. Would a wide spread of candidates risk diluting votes between those standing on a broad manifesto? This by election might favour a single issue (i.e. GST+) candidate if not more than one in that camp....
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Chris Green
Chris Green@advocategreen1·
By election fever. Let's hope we get a decent spread of candidates that will justify the cost and that there is proper debate about the ideas and policies that the island needs to be talking about. (This isn't the first islandwide by election btw)
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Ollie Goddard@OllieGoddardGsy·
If it rains today I played a part in that. Left my coat at home deliberately as it looks like a nice day ahead!
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Peter Carey
Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YoungGuern It really does make you question whether the States are really serious about addressing urgent/pressing matters......if we go back to the parish system I don't think I'll bother to register to vote.
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@LeonieLeTissier @GuyPlummer34449 @YvonneBurford Maybe I need to be better at translating government speak "but there are no sites currently owned by the States that are as ready as Kenilworth Vinery to accommodate a large development at relative speed." sounds pretty positive. 2021.....
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@LeonieLeTissier @GuyPlummer34449 @YvonneBurford Thanks for clarifying. Something doesn't add up, the States acquired the land at Kenilworth, not the GHA. Were the States not aware of the flood risk before designating Kenilworth a housing priority area?
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Guy Plummer
Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449·
So this is Kenilworth Vinery yesterday - bought in2021 No building awaiting flood defences Yet two days after the wettest winter this century , it looks as though it could do with a good water.😀
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Charles McHugh@ChasMcHugh

@GuyPlummer34449 Yes the Binnies report commissioned for GHA in last 3-4 years. Never published.

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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 But, I am trying to understand what the assessment of risk for the Bridge actually says and how soon it suggests flooding might occur. Just trying to understand the rationale for delaying development on this basis. Thanks, as always, for engaging!
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 I don't dispute sea levels are rising. I was lucky enough to attend a presentation by a very senior Canadian insurance regulator a few years ago, he warned about risks to infrastructure at sea level around the world on basis of 50+ years of sea level data with a time lapse.
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 I'm not disputing there is a flood risk. There is risk in everything, but someone has reached a conclusion that the risk is high enough to not build on sites, given there are houses/businesses already in the area it must be of public interest?
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Yvonne Burford
Yvonne Burford@YvonneBurford·
@flick2leg @GuyPlummer34449 Of course. The States are progressing with flood defences as they and others have been well aware of the flood risk in the Braye du Valle for over a decade. But once in place it makes the whole bridge/saltpans (clue in name) area viable.
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@GuyPlummer34449 @YvonneBurford I would be interested to know how many instances of pressure of 963mb or lower+easterly winds+spring tides have taken place. Not saying it hasn't happened but..... extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence 😉
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Guy Plummer@GuyPlummer34449·
@YvonneBurford @flick2leg I have asked the Housing Committee to send me a copy. Steve Williams, its president, was a previous chief executive of GHA. If the Housing Committee decline, then I will send an FOI. It surely can’t be matter of public interest to withhold it I
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 Thanks for the reply, the States will have undertaken risk assessments prior to purchasing the sites, surely? Based on comments in most recent States debate there are significant business case requirements in place.
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Peter Carey@flick2leg·
@YvonneBurford @GuyPlummer34449 Is the report identifying/assessing the probability and impact of a tidal event occurring available to the public? How many instances of low pressure/easterly wind/spring tide have their been since the assessment?
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Yvonne Burford
Yvonne Burford@YvonneBurford·
@GuyPlummer34449 It’s not flooding from rain. It’s flooding from overtopping at the bridge. Spring tide/easterly wind/ low atmospheric pressure. A barometric pressure of 963mb raises sea level by half a metre.
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