To celebrate the successful completion of an £11 million scheme to limit flood risk to the Broads, a commemorative plaque will be unveiled by local MPs Norman Lamb and Tony Wright near Waxham on Friday 6 March.

The scheme will help protect around 500 houses and 3600 hectares of land, including 1256 hectares of designated Broadland habitat.

As part of the scheme, ten timber and steel groynes have been replaced, new rock groynes built  between Horsey and Winterton Ness Gap, rock revetments (rocks placed to protect the seawall from wave action) reconstructed and the beach between Sea Palling and Poplar Farm Gap recharged with sand to prevent failure of the sea wall.

Dafydd Evans, Environment Agency Eastern Area Manager said, “We have undertaken a great deal of work on this scheme and are committed to protecting this length of coast for at least the next 50 years, as stated in the Shoreline Management Plan. We have approval to spend a further £10 million on this length of coast over the next few years, which we hope will reassure local people of our commitment to the Plan.”

The Environment Agency has responsibility for the sea defences along a 14km length of the Norfolk coast from Cart Gap, south of Happisburgh, to Beach Road, Winterton. This is a dynamic coastline with a long history of erosion and tidal flooding, which the Environment Agency and other partners are trying to ensure is managed in a sustainable way into the future for the benefit of both people and the unique Broadland habitat.

From the Environment Agency website