From a press release on the East Devon District Council website:

EAST DEVON District Council has welcomed an “informative and thought-provoking” study* of the Exe Estuary that was previewed on Tuesday 18 November.

Councillor Graham Liverton, EDDC’s Portfolio Holder Environment, praised the study, which feeds into the South Devon and Dorset module of the national Shoreline Management Plan** (SMP), and the five stakeholder forums that will open up the issues for public debate. (more…)

QUEENS Drive could be ‘moved’ back to combat coastal erosion and rising sea levels - giving a bigger and better Exmouth beach.

In a possible glimpse of the future, scientists and engineers this week presented suggestions to tackle the ‘inevitable’ damage caused by tidal forces and climate change.

It follows a dire prediction by the Environment Agency in last week’s Journal that, in 100 years’ time, parts of Exmouth could be under three metres of flood water if nothing was done. (more…)

THE seafront and the town up to Phear Park could be swallowed up by the sea in future generations - unless local authorities and the Government take action, climate change experts have warned.

A meeting of the Exe Estuary Forum heard predictions that Devon would be eight per cent drier by 2020 and sea levels could rise between 20 and 80cm by 2080.

This would put low-lying areas of Exmouth town at risk of flooding. (more…)

More than 360,000 cubic metres of sand will be added to a beach on the Norfolk Coast as part of an £8.8m project to prevent the Broads from flooding.

Work to limit the flood risk to the Broads from the coast between Happisburgh and Winterton is well under way and recharging the beach with sand begins on Monday .

Three out of nine new rock groynes have been finished with rocks brought in by sea from Norway on a 20,000 tonne barge. They replace existing timber and steel groynes between Horsey and Winterton Ness Gap.

Other parts of the scheme involve recharging the beach with 360,000m3 of sand between Sea Palling and Poplar Farm Gap, reconstruction of a 275m long section of rock revetment (rocks placed to protect the seawall from wave action) at Eccles and 25,000m3 of beach recycling (the relocation of a small amount of sand from behind a reef to an area where the beach is low, also at Eccles). (more…)

A plan to determine the best way to look after the coastline from Great Orme’s Head to Solway Firth in a sustainable way for the next 100 years has been opened for public consultation.

The North West England and North Wales Coastal Group are currently preparing a revised Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for the coast between Great Orme’s Head and the Scottish Border.

They have opened a website to enable the public to participate in the various phases of public consultation.

“It is essential that the revised plan adequately deals with the issues and concerns of the communities, businesses and organisations which have an interest in this part of the coast and that the Coastal Group base their work on the best information available to them,” says the group.

“For these reasons it is important that consultation takes account of your views.”

Those interested can take part in the consultation online at the link below

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For more information on the Shoreline Management Plan Consultation visit the North West & North Wales Coastline website

MOVES are being made to tackle the problem of erosion of the cliff face at Pennington Point, Sidmouth, and the safety issues raised by encroachment of the sea and landslips caused by heavy rain.

East Devon District Council is to review the current state of the cliffs with a view to the possibility of bringing forward a coastal protection scheme designed to give a degree of protection to Pennington Point near the mouth of the River Sid and reducing the threat to Eastern Town from encroachment by the waves as a result of coastal erosion and rising sea levels. (more…)

There are concerns that the Government’s Shoreline Management Plan could increase flooding in the Rye area. It has led to the forming of a new pressure group The Defend Our Coast Asssociation (DOC).

Brigitte Bass, from the Association, said: “This has been set up by local people as a direct result of their dissatisfaction from the lack of local involvement and consultation by various Government bodies during the preparation of Shoreline Management Plans for our area, from Dungeness to Cliff End at Pett Level. (more…)

MERSEYSIDE councils are uniting to create a “super shoreline” in a move which could one day provide a template for tackling beach litter.

Across the region authorities are creating a “Shoreline Management Plan” to address the problem of coastal erosion.

The united shoreline will link Wirral, Denbighshire, Conway and Sefton as well as Morecambe Bay and the Cumbrian coast.

Consultations will take place with beach users to see how best to address rising sea levels and the predicted effects of climate change.

For the Marine Conservation Society, it is the kind of initiative which could be used to create a united front against litter.

Read the full story on the Liverpool Echo website