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…)

Amenities and properties situated alongside Tenby’s South Beach could face “huge uncertainty” in the future, town councillors were told this week.

Town councillors met with Pembrokeshire County Council’s officer responsible for ‘coastal protection and flood defence’, Mr. Emyr Williams, on Tuesday night, to convey the concerns they have about the erosion of beach. (more…)