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Tidal Surge And Sea Wall Near Hill House Farm Shotley – Jan 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Jeremy

The sea wall near Hill House Farm, Shotley has been damaged,  presumably as a result of tidal surge.  6 weeks on why has EA not started repairs? Here is a picture take from near southern end of the sea wall … Continue reading →

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Were Early Saltmarsh Surveys Wrong? – Jan 2014

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Jeremy

DEFRA targetted EA with recreating 100 ha/year saltmarsh by flooding farmland following saltmarsh surveys. Were surveys wrong? Around 1973 there was a plan to build an airport on Maplin Sands off south Essex.  The airport was never built but there … Continue reading →

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Essex And South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan 2 – Jan 2014

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jeremy

EA’s SMP2 outlines how EA plan to manage coast till 2105, by destoying sea defences. I will be making several posts about SMP2 so to start with here are the plans. The colour of lines drawn along sea walls have … Continue reading →

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Sea Erodes Path By Seawall At Seawick – August 2013

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Jeremy

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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