Specialists have been brought in to measure how quickly Hunstanton’s cliffs are eroding.

The new project will use specialist laser measuring equipment to monitor how fast and where erosion is taking place.

In the Wash Shoreline Management Plan, published last year, it was judged the cliffs could erode as far inland as the B1161 Cliff Parade by the middle of this century.

But an Environment Agency summary said the chalk and carrstone cliff faces should be allowed to erode naturally to provide material to recharge the beach until they threatened clifftop properties and the road. It is believed no active intervention will be needed for another 50 to 100 years. (more…)

A MEETING aimed at shedding light on the coastal erosion debate at Hopton has fanned the flames of the controversy and lead to accusations of a whitewash.

Senior officials were at the village hall on Monday to reveal the findings of a controversial report looking at how the outer harbour had affected the rate of beach depletion.

Campaigners – who say the port is fuelling erosion – were told their views were not backed up by a beach monitoring survey, triggering sighs of disbelief among some of those listening. (more…)

A STRETCH of Welsh coastline could hold the key to the multi-billion-pound problem of coastal erosion.

Pioneering tests of the world’s first underwater coastal erosion monitoring system are to take place for the first time off Tenby’s South Beach next week.

It is believed the system, which employs a “grid” of electromagnetic sensors, could save billions of pounds and have a positive effect on millions of lives around the world by predicting exactly which parts of coastal areas will be eroded. (more…)