The annual beach recycling work at Southsea Beach West has now been successfully completed, Coastal Partners said. Following two deliveries from the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sospan Dau, the shingle was evenly distributed to maintain the profile of the beach and help prevent wave overto
Dorset Council is carrying out essential beach maintenance at Greenhill, on Weymouth Esplanade. The work is expected to take one week to complete. “A section of the beach at Greenhill Gardens will be closed to allow heavy machinery to operate safely. Pedestrian access to the promenade may also be di
Havant Borough Council will be carrying out the next beach recycling campaign along the Eastoke frontage in the following weeks to help reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to properties and infrastructure. According to the Council, the works will start w/c 4th March 2024 and will be comp
Annual dredging at West Bay and Lyme Regis will take place between February 12 and March 28, Dorset Council said. This work is needed to keep busy navigational channels free from sediment deposits that come from either rivers or the natural action of waves on beaches. “Our harbours provide safe moor
A 500mm high shingle bank is being built by Moray Council in a bid to reduce flood erosions in Kingston. The ridge with naturally sloping sides will run from the west side of Lein Car Park to the east end of the green space, tying back into the main shingle ridge at the lagoon, said […]
Important shingle replenishment work started on the beach between Shoreham and Lancing earlier this month. According to the Environment Agency, this work will help give better protection to local communities from coastal flooding this winter. Recent storms eroded away some of the shingle beach in La
Rijkswaterstaat recently successfully completed another beach replenishment project – the Scheveningen beachfill campaign. During the works, a total of 700,000 m3 of sand was dredged and spread over the beach, between the harbor head and the beach north of the Pier. The project, completed late last
The Sidmouth and East Beach coastal defence scheme has been fully approved by the Environment Agency, with £16million of funding from the UK Government, East Devon District Council said. The £20million project will protect 113 residential and 70 commercial properties from the risks of sea flooding a
Over the years, Boskalis has been involved in maintaining and reinforcing much of the Dutch coast with a significant number of trailing suction hopper dredgers. The North Sea beaches of the Netherlands are maintained with some 12 million cubic meters of sand every year. Other countries bordering the
The Environment Agency in partnership with Eastbourne Borough Council are developing a new, +£100 million large coastal flood and erosion risk management project for Pevensey Bay to Eastbourne. This will be one of the largest coastal flood risk projects in the UK. The Environment Agency is aiming fo
Van Oord has successfully carried out beach nourishment works along the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland. As a result, the coastline has been stabilised and coastal towns and infrastructure are well protected for the coming years. The work was carried out by Van Oord’s three new hopper dredger
The trailer suction hopper dredger SOSPAN DAU recently arrived at the Southsea near the Pyramids to recharge the nearby beach. For the last couple of weeks, the dredger has been ‘rainbowing’ shingle near the Pyramids, adding shingle to the beach (re-charging) east of the groyne during high tides. Th
After successfully securing funding from the Environment Agency, Havant Borough Council will be carrying out the next beach recycling campaign along the Eastoke frontage to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to properties and infrastructure. Beach recycling is the movement of material f
Climate change causes more extreme weather conditions that make the low-lying Netherlands increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Dikes are therefore crucial to protect the country. A great example of this is the centuries-old dike around the Markermeer Lake, which is more than 30 kilometers long. Labe
