CONSULTANTS are to be appointed to draw up the detailed proposals for the next multi-million pound sea defence scheme to protect homes at Felixstowe from the sea.

Experts say 525 homes, 99 businesses, the prom, Spa Pavilion and its historic gardens, a coast road and the resort’s main sewer could be at risk of being washed away. (more…)

ONE of Suffolk’s most vulnerable coastal communities should be safe from flooding for the next century following the completion of a £12 million sea defence project.

Residents of Felixstowe’s low-lying south area have lived with the worry of the waves for several years, the spectre of the tragic 1953 floods never far from mind.

Climate change raising sea levels and predictions of increasing numbers of storms and sea surges have added to the fears.

But now 70,000 tonnes of rock and 500,000 tonnes of sand and shingle should keep the area safe, as well as providing a new sandy shore to entice more visitors. (more…)

A huge pile of sand and shingle has been moved past Felixstowe pier over the last few nights as part of a £10 million Environment Agency project. The new beach material, which was stockpiled just south of the pier earlier, is being used to recharge the beach north of the pier, as far as the war memorial opposite the town hall.

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