Beach management works: An update from Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd

It’s been a particularly busy winter season with lots of activity and machinery on the beach.

There are two parts to the maintenance regime:

1. Restoring defences after storms – achieved by pushing shingle back up the beach or by short distance recycling using dumpers.
2. Trying to minimise the amount of shingle moving along the frontage, whilst collecting shingle from the eastern end of the frontage and moving it west so it can begin to gradually drift east once again.

We have had relatively few storms since winter. This has allowed us to move more shingle than usual from Cooden to Sovereign Harbour to ensure that shingle remains in the right locations. We have also had the dredger ‘Sospan Dau’ visit the harbour to recharge shingle onto the beach.

To watch the 'Sospan Dau' in action, see 'Videos' on the Project News page.