The Environment Agency’s flagship Lincshore scheme, which sees sand dredged from the sea bed and pumped onto the beach, replacing levels lost to the sea during the winter, has drawn to a successful close for 2015.
This year, over 500,000 cubic metres of sand were replaced during the 11-week-long campaign. Work started at Mablethorpe on 20 April and proceeded down the coast to finish at Huttoft in June. The dredgers used were the Ham 316 supported by the Dravo Costa Dorada.
The work reduces the risk of waves reaching and overtopping the main sea defences, prevents rapid deterioration of these, and protects against erosion.
Kevin Abbott, Flood and Coastal Risk Advisor with the Environment Agency, said:
“This multi-million pound project enables us to improve flood protection for tens of thousands of homes, as well as commercial and industrial properties and important environmental sites.”
Lincshore first began in 1994 and covers beaches from Mablethorpe to Skegness. The scheme maintains protection against a one in 200 chance in any given year or tidal flooding for 30,000 properties and 35,000 hectares of land.
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