2008 Beach - News - 17th March

Beach repair works will continue up to Easter and restart afterwards. Today and tomorrow shingle will be moved from PBSC to Sovereign Harbour revetment. On Wednesday and Thursday the machines will move to Langney for two days. The rock spur added to the southern harbour arm to prevent shingle from reaching the main harbour entrance channel, does not work as well as was intended. At present the spur is full on both sides and if beach from the downdrift side is not removed soon, it will be lost completely.

It is a more complicated procedure to remove this shingle since water levels never drop low enough to allow access around the spur, and therefore a ramp over it needs to be maintained whilst the work goes on. Equally it cannot be loaded directly into road lorries and needs to be temporarily stockpiled close to the Langney Martello tower for a few days.

All being well, we expect to transfer this shingle round the harbour between Monday 31st March and Friday 4th April

Recycling and reprofiling will continue after Easter, and a survey planned for Tuesday 25th March should define how much remains to be done to return the beach to its required condition.

Best wishes for a restful and calm Easter

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: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 20:23