10 Nov, 2020 | News - Press Releases, Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme
Eight beach areas from Southbourne to Poole will be topped-up with sand from January 2021 as part of the Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme which is designed to make the coastline more climate resilient. In combination with the seawall to protect the cliff toe from...
13 Oct, 2020 | News - Press Releases, Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme
Work is commencing on a two-year project to replace eight timber groynes along the Poole / Bournemouth boundary, to the eastern side of Durley Chine. These construction works form part of the Poole Bay beach management scheme which is designed to protect our coastline...
24 Sep, 2020 | Flood Risk Management, News - Press Releases
A proposal to submit a bid for funding for a new £12 million flood defence scheme from Poole Bridge to Hunger Hill, will be considered by BCP Council’s Cabinet on 30 September. A financially viable tidal defence scheme along approximately 1.5km of waterfront at Back...
15 Sep, 2020 | Canford Cliffs Monitoring & Stabilisation, Coastal Management, News - Press Releases
Work to repair and stabilise the cliffs at Canford Cliffs following a cliff slip in 2017, is due to commence on Monday 21 September. The work, which is expected to last up to nine months, will address the landslip below Cliff Drive. In 2017 a section of cliff eroded...
28 Jul, 2020 | Canford Cliffs Monitoring & Stabilisation, Coastal Management, News - Press Releases
Specialist contractor, CAN Geotechnical has been appointed to deliver the £2.5m cliff stabilisation scheme which will start work in September 2020. It is anticipated to take around nine months, completing in spring/summer 2021. This is subject to weather conditions...
12 Jun, 2020 | News - Press Releases, Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme
BCP Council has received funding approval from the Environment Agency to progress the Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme. It is designed to provide protection to thousands of residential and commercial properties over the next 100 years. Without it, properties,...
19 Jan, 2020 | Canford Cliffs Monitoring & Stabilisation, Coastal Management, News - Press Releases
There was a further cliff slip at Canford Cliffs over the Christmas period, to the east of the original 2017 cliff slip. This increases the risk that material could pile up at the back of the beach huts which may be of sufficient force to damage them or cause a...
