Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Soft Engineering -
Pevensey Bay,
Sussex
- UK's first public/private
partnership funded scheme
- Including EA, HM treasury, Pevensey coastal
protection LTD.
- Project
- Begun in 200 with a budget of £30 million
- Protects 15,000 properties, holiday caravan sites and the A259
- Protects the rail way line
- Consists of:
- Beach reprofiling, using heavy
machinery to change the shape of the
beach after a storm and after summer
in prep fro winter. Also sediment is
moved from some areas of the beach
to others
- Beach
replenishment
introducing more
shingle to the beach
- Groynes, Some of the original damaged
groynes have been replaced with new
ones
- Beach monitoring
- Use of non-traditional materials such ascot pressed tyres under the
beach to secure the shingle in place