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Further Government funding has been secured to enable Telford & Wrekin Council to carry out more stabilisation work in the Ironbridge Gorge.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed in an letter to the council that it will make a multi-million pound contribution.

The stabilisation work will be concentrated in Jackfield, between Jackfield Tile Museum and the Boat Inn, an area which has suffered significant landslides.

The proposals look to stabilise the most active part of the area to allow a new road to be constructed. The Jackfield Stabilisation Project has now reached the stage where the detailed design has been prepared and a planning application approved.

A preferred contractor has also been secured for the main works.

Telford & Wrekin Council will provide match-funding to the money provided by DCLG for the project which will run until March 2016. No specific figure has been given for todays release of funds. The Government has previously vowed to invest 12 million in the 80 million scheme.

Councillor David Davies, ward member for Ironbridge Gorge, said: Im really pleased that we have managed to secure this significant amount of funding from the DCLG.

Instability is a fact in the gorge and these works are essential to help prevent landslides and maintain the structure of the gorge both in the short and the long term.

The council is working with landowners to secure the necessary consents to allow the work to proceed. The Shropshire Star revealed yesterday that a number of landowners were still to sign legal agreements,

Work is due to start on site in early 2014 with condition surveys, tree felling, creation of access routes into the site, installation of additional monitoring gas and groundwater monitoring wells, the treatment of shallow mine workings, and the investigation and treatment of mineshafts.

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A high-profile builder who won this year's Illawarra Business Leader of the Year Award has come under attack from several home owners who claim their houses contained defective and poor quality workmanship.

Jason Gow, managing director of Gow Constructions, which owns the Illawarra franchise of G.J. Gardner Homes, received the prestigious title in October for his business achievements and community work. He was also highly commended in the 2013 Illawarra Building and Construction Awards in recognition of his commitment to customer service.

The award has outraged some of his former clients, who struggled for years to have a series of defects in their homes, which were still under warranty, rectified.

G.J. Gardner Homes Jason and Stacey Gow.

Many of the issues are similar in nature and involve drainage, waterproofing, painting, brickwork and roof defects.

Mr Gow, who is the face of the company, owns Gow Constructions with wife Stacey, who manages the company's business accounts.

The pair are involved in many events and charities including the Great Illawarra Walk for Camp Quality and the Leukaemia Foundation. Mr Gow is also vice-president of the Illawarra Master Builders Association.

Following weeks of investigation, the Illawarra Mercury has spoken with 10 people who have had dealings with Gow Constructions.

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If you really want to keep your home and the people and property in it as safe as possible from fire, consider a residential sprinkler system.

According to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a division of FEMA, fire sprinklers inside a home reduce the chance of fire death by 80 percent and cut the likelihood of property damage by 71 percent.

Industry experts and fire control and prevention pros say sprinklers are a good idea for all homes, whether new or existing, and should be used in combination with smoke detectors.

Across the United States, hundreds of municipalities as well as California and Maryland require that new residential construction include fire sprinklers. However, newly proposed mandates generally face strong opposition from home building organizations, in large part because they add to the cost and complexity of building. To find out if your locality mandates sprinklers, contact your state fire marshals office.

While interviewing consumers, highly rated sprinkler installers and experts on fire control and prevention, including the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), our research staff learned that many homeowners have misconceptions about home sprinkler systems:

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Perception: Sprinkler systems are unattractive. The reality, experts say, is that the heads stay flush against the wall or ceiling until deployed, so they dont greatly affect home aesthetics. A single sprinkler head can cover from 144 to 200 square feet.

According to the NFPA, the cost of a fire sprinkler system, installed, has dropped from an average $1.61 per square foot in 2008 to $1.35 in 2013. The association says the decline is due to government mandates, which increase the number of contractors doing the work. In some parts of California, according to the NFPA, the cost is less than $1 a square foot.

The actual price can vary widely by region. One Chicago-area homeowner, whose town of Libertyville, Ill., requires a fire sprinklers in new construction, paid about $12,000 to have a sprinkler system included in a home built in 2007.

The NFPA doesnt maintain statistics about installing sprinklers in existing homes. However, additional work to cut walls and update existing plumbing means the cost is likely higher than for new construction. One state fire marshal told our team that he retrofitted his 2,400-square-foot home with sprinklers for $3,500.

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The city of Napa wont be providing a water hookup to an Upvalley winery on Rutherford Road after City Councilman Scott Sedgley balked at the request, saying it would create a bad precedent for growth management.

Elizabeth Spencer Winery asked to be connected to the citys water system for fire suppression purposes. Its current hookup with the city of St. Helena doesnt have enough capacity to provide the water flow needed for a sprinkler system.

The City Council debated the request for more than an hour Tuesday, before a vote needing four-fifths of the council failed. City Councilwoman Juliana Inman recused herself from voting, and a motion to allow the hookup failed 3-1, with Sedgley dissenting.

The City Council then voted to rescind that motion, allowing the current application to stay active, so Elizabeth Spencer wont have to pay to submit a new request.

Elizabeth Spencers request could come back if Sedgley removed his opposition, Inman decided not to recuse herself, or the citys water policies changed.

Sedgley feared a setting a precedent by granting the request, saying other wineries in the unincorporated could follow suit in hooking up to the city system to fulfill a county requirement that they install sprinkler systems.

I see the city receiving more of these requests in the future, Sedgley said. Water is king. The industry is booming.

City staff didnt share Sedgleys viewpoint, asserting that Elizabeth Spencer already sits on a city water main running from Lake Hennessey, the citys main reservoir, into city limits.

Joy Eldredge, general manager of the citys Water Department, said that the winery will continue to use St. Helena water for domestic use, and would only connect with Napa water in the event of a fire, or to test its sprinkler system.

Beaulieu Vineyard and Inglenook have done a similar thing in the past 15 years, as has the Gordon Huether Studio + Gallery on Monticello Road and a vineyard near Big Ranch Road and Trancas Street, Eldredge said.

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