2006 Beach - News - 20th December

Further to my email earlier this week we have made good progress and have restored the crest width in most places. However, as is often the case, erosion lower down the beach, particularly at ‘White Horses’ and Sovereign Harbour rock revetment, still requires attention.

On Monday there will be six dumptrucks running shingle from Beachlands campsite to Sovereign Harbour. They will move down to Normans Bay outfall soon after and perhaps to Cooden at the end of the week to bring shingle to Normans Bay East.

At the same time we will be bringing shingle round the harbour using road lorries. Shingle washed up against the southern harbour arm will be taken from the beach, transferred to the north harbour, and tipped onto the beach immediately east of the revetment. Some comments were made about the road lorries when they operated in October, so this time we are using a different haulier.

I have also been advised by Eastbourne Borough Council that at the planning stage Sovereign Harbour Ltd never intended for the Beach Haul Route (the track between Pacific Drive and the beach) to be used by pedestrians because there are other pedestrian routes to the beach through all of the various housing estates with public access secured by legal agreement. We will therefore be placing signs at either end of the track closing it to pedestrians and indicating safer routes for walkers to get onto the beach, via Eugene Way (to the east) and Caroline Way (to the west). I will email again next week with further news as works progress.

Have a pleasant, and quiet, weekend

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: Saturday, December 23, 2006 17:29