2006 Beach - News - 11th December

A survey of the beach completed last Friday showed that not only has all the new shingle placed at Sovereign Harbour during October moved east, but so has some of the beach already there. We will continue to move shingle from areas where some of it has temporarily accreted back to the harbour. This will inevitably mean running dumptrucks along the beach over longer distances. It is not something we want to do, because it will affect more beach users, but in order to maintain the defence standard everywhere it will have to be done.

We will also try and take beach that has built up on the south west side of the harbour and transfer around to the north side. However, if the weather remains unsettled it is not always possible to access the beach because of prolonged wave action.

It is expected that work will only continue up to 22nd December, but should weather conditions deteriorate again, then it may be necessary to continue working through the holiday period. I can assure you this will only happen if strictly necessary.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause but it is the only way we can provide shingle to reinforce depleted areas.

If you have any comment or question please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best wishes

Ian

Ian Thomas
Project Manager
Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd
Environment Agency Depot
Coast Road
Pevensey Bay
East Sussex BN24 6ND

Tel: 01323 761202
Fax: 01323 764368
Mob: 07884 234298
email: pcdl@pevensey-bay.co.uk

Updated: Monday, December 11, 2006 20:30