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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
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
Aerial Photo Of Clacton And Holland Beach Shows Effect Of Lack Of Groynes
January 2013, Tendring District Council have announced their plan to restore beach at Clacton and Holland. The photo accompanying the press release clearly shows effect on the beach of the lack of groynes. South of the pier there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, DEFRA, EA, Groynes
Tagged breakwaters, clacton beach, groynes, holland-on-sea beach, tendring district council
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Environment Agency Slides Show Sea Walls Don’t Work
Bill Parker who works in Coastal Management for Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils has been using the slides shown below, produced by Environment Agency, when giving talks to show sea walls don’t work. Guess what? Bill and EA are … Continue reading
Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches – What Can We Learn From Selsey
Beach recharge and managed realignment are being discussed at Holland-on-Sea and Tendring, what can we learn from Selsey and Manhood Peninsula Steering Group (mpsg.org.uk)? Well for a start we can watch their spiffy videos they’ve put on you tube. Here’s … Continue reading
Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches Local Meetings October 2012
Holland Residents Association and Clacton & Holland Beach Hut Association had meetings this week. I spoke about sea defenses at both meetings. Holland Residents Association was on Monday 22 October. To say I was asked to speak at short notice … Continue reading
Posted in Beaches, Breakwaters, Groynes
Tagged breakwaters, clacton beach, holland haven beach, holland-on-sea beach, tendring district council
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Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches – A Project Engineers View
Trevor Bright has also been concerned about the state of the beach. He sent me an email last week which I have reproduced below. Trevor’s experience seems especially relevant – in his own words: “Whilst I was working for BP … Continue reading
Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches 19 October 2012
Here Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches September 2012 I posted about what had been happening over the summer since July when Mike Badger wrote to beach hut owners at Holland Haven to say steps were going to be removed as the … Continue reading
Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches September 2012
In July 2012 Mike Badger of Tendring District Council wrote to beach hut owners at Holland Haven saying the sea wall, which had been assessed as “marginally stable” in 2011, had been inspected again in late June 2012 revealing “irregularities … Continue reading
Holland Haven Sea Wall – Will Tendring District Council Let The Sea Destroy It?
I have been sent a copy of a letter Mike Badger, Engineering Services Manager at Tendring District Council, wrote to some beach hut owners at Holland Haven. Mike writes Following storms in April/May 2011 structural engineers advised the sea wall … Continue reading
