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Environment Agency

December 2013 Tidal Surge in Kirby-le-Soken and Tendring

A tidal surge visited Kirby-le-Soken and Tendring around 2am on Friday 6 December 2013.  By 8am it had gone, leaving traces of its visit. It had been dry the preceding days, looking north down quay lane about 50 yards from … Continue reading

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Salt Marsh Growing Back Despite Rising Sea Levels A Problem For Coastal Squeeze – Nov 2013

Salt marsh is being eroded by a process called  coastal squeeze  which is caused by rising sea levels according to Natural England and Environment Agency.  The following photographs show salt marsh is growing back, at least in one part of … Continue reading

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An Insider Inside The Environment Agency – Nov 2013

Inside the Environment Agency is a blog I recently stumbled across. It makes interesting reading and confirms the experience of those in Kirby-le-Soken and Tendring who have had dealings with EA, though I guess the experience will be the same … Continue reading

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Sea Erodes Path By Seawall At Seawick – August 2013

Sea has eroded part of path running in front of seawall at Seawick EA response was to put rocks in front of sea wall!  This is entire pointless as the sea can not reach these rocks yet. By the time … Continue reading

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Fences At Walton Mere – 14 Jul 2013

Last week a fence was erected along Mill Lane in Walton I’ve posted before about fences erected by Titchmarshs at mere Walton-on-the-Naze Residents Furious New Fences Block Footpath There are currently footpath applications To continue footpath 48 from North Street … Continue reading

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Clacton And Holland Beaches – May 2013

Following Clacton and Holland Beach Hut Association meeting on 4 May 2013 Trevor Bright sent some questions to June Clare of TDC.  Here are the questions and answers. But first a note about the meeting. Douglas Carswell (local mp) Peter … Continue reading

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Environment Agency Plan For Tendring Coastline By 2105 – May 2013

Page 144 of Essex and South Suffolk SMP, shows Environment Agency’s plan for Tendring coastline by 2105, about half of it will have gone. A curious plan for a body charged with maintaining sea defences. Different colours are drawn on … Continue reading

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Maintenance of Uneconomic Sea Flood Defences: A Way Forward

On 1 April 2004 Sarah Nason, sometime head of flood management at DEFRA, issued a letter and paper with the title Maintenance of Uneconomic Sea Flood Defences: A Way Forward. Basically the way forward was not to maintain the flood … Continue reading

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Holland Beach Feb 2013 TDC Answers To Trevor Brights Questions

Tendring District Council replies to questions  Trevor Bright asked on behalf of Holland Residents Association regarding the proposed sea defense works. You can download TDC reply which runs to 6 pages, or view images I have posted below. Quick Thoughts … Continue reading

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Holland Beach Jan 2013 Trevor Brights Questions Prompted By Latest TDC Report

Ten months after the last report TDC publish a 15 page appendix from latest report on the state of Holland Beach.  This has prompted the following questions from Trevor Bright a former engineering project manager. You can download a pdf … Continue reading

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