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Feb 3 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
Today's Marina Beach access path visit showed that DRA feedback on rebuilding sea-facing deck has been ignored @GSBediIAS!

? Closer (original) grid frame & fallback connectors
? post footing
? cross braced posts
? Sand bag shoring beneath for storm surge erosion
#BuildBackBetter Diagram of wooden deck with...
These requests made to @chennaicorp in a virtual meeting with Team DRA post cyclone Mandaus have been emailed and documented here : docs.google.com/document/d/1u-…
The boardwalk grid spacing was supposed to revert to original drawing (so deck boards did not snap under strain) - here the path width still has only 4 joists instead of 7 @chennaicorp .

Shouldn't we be seizing the opportunity to improve with each iteration? Stop kanjoosifying! A couple walks across the M...

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