2008 Beach - News - 25th September

Recycling has continued to run smoothly and sufficient shingle has already been moved from Cooden to Herbrand Walk level crossing to refill those groyne bays that had eroded. For the remainder of today and all of tomorrow additional beach will be taken up to Normans Bay East in the area of the public toilets.

On Monday the long haul from Cooden to Sovereign Harbour will start. Typically it rained all summer and just when a bit of water would come in handy to dampen down the top of the beach, we have the driest spell for months. There will be seven trucks running next week rather than the original ten. Therefore they will run in a single convoy, thus passing each point only twice an hour. There will be a foreman in attendance purely to make sure that inconvenience to residents and beach users is minimised and truck speeds are regulated to 10mph.

Because trucks will be running the whole length of the bay I expect there will be more comments than usual, and we will endeavour to deal with these as quickly as we can. More people will be affected than normal, but the work is necessary and is an important means of ensuring that the defences are kept in good condition throughout the frontage.

We still have no definitive arrival time for dredger Sospan Dau, although she has made good progress at Hayling Island and will be at either Seaford, Bulverhythe or Pevensey in about a week's time and will remain in the area for approximately three weeks.

Please pass this message on to anyone who may be affected by truck movements next week and would benefit from prior knowledge of the works.

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: Thursday, September 25, 2008 20:19