{"id":560,"date":"2012-03-13T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2012-03-14T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T09:51:43","slug":"money-spent-on-wooden-groynes-at-holland-on-sea-walton-on-naze-and-frinton-on-sea-since-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/money-spent-on-wooden-groynes-at-holland-on-sea-walton-on-naze-and-frinton-on-sea-since-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Spent On Wooden Groynes At Holland-on-Sea, Walton-on-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea Since 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI have blogged about the state of wooden groynes (or breakwaters) at Holland-on-Sea compared to\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nWalton\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFrinton\n<\/li>\n<li>\nClacton south of the pier\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe groynes at Holland seem to have been totally neglected and as a result the level of the sand has dropped about 12 feet.  Which means that the sea is against the sea wall for almost all states of the tide.  This means increased erosion of the sea wall and there is no beach.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this year I made a FOI request to Tendring District Council to find out how much money had been spent on repairing wooden groynes since 2000.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese are the results that I was sent.\n<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>\n<div>Holland on Sea<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>Walton on Naze<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>Frinton on Sea<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2004-05<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;4067.40<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;870.00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1535.71<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2005-06<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;10253.26<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;2362.00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1048.84<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2006-07<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;5200.84<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1547.91<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1147.00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2007-08<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;3220.27<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;4076.74<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1128.37<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2008-09<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;4651.59<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;8427.32<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1328.70<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2009-10<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;12249.02<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;10051.88<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;2434.19<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2010-11<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;3566.78<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;759.84<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>2011-12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;13554.70<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;1339.64<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Total<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;39642.38<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;44457.33<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align:right\">&pound;10722.29<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nA few fairly obvious points\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFour times as much was spent at Holland and Walton than at Frinton.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHow come there is such a big difference in the state of groynes at Holland compared to Walton and Frinton?\n<\/li>\n<li>\nGiven the obvious state of disrepair of the groynes at Holland, how come no money at all has been spent repairing them in the last 2 years?\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDoes anyone know of any groynes that have been repaired in the last few years?\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDoes anyone care if there is no beach at Holland, or if the sea wall is washed away?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A quick reminder of what the groynes look like at these 3 locations.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_565\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/holland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-565\" src=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/holland.png\" alt=\"Groynes At Holland-on-Sea\" title=\"Groynes At Holland-on-Sea\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/holland.png 1024w, http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/holland-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groynes At Holland-on-Sea<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_566\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-566\" src=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walton.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Groynes at Walton-on-Naze\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walton.png 1024w, http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/walton-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groynes at Walton-on-Naze<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_567\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frinton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-567\" src=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frinton.png\" alt=\"Groynes at Frinton-on-Sea\" title=\"Groynes at Frinton-on-Sea\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frinton.png 1024w, http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/frinton-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groynes at Frinton-on-Sea<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have 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