Southsea Coastal Scheme – Winter 2021 newsletter January 20, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Local authorities have just released Winter 2021 Newsletter for the Southsea Coastal Scheme.
The start of the scheme, UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defences’ project worth more than £100M, was the culmination of seven years of work including wide-ranging public consultation.
Southsea Coastal Scheme
Some of the highlights since the September launch include:
TSHD Sospan Dau visited the site to ‘rainbow’ gravel to create two working platforms in November and December;
The Long Curtain Moat makeover was completed in October;
Significant piling work on the frontage 1 beach was also completed in December;
TSHD Sospan Dau back in Southsea December 22, 2020, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Following a visit in November to form the eastern temporary platform, the TSHD Sospan Dau has returned to the Southsea coast.
The dredger will continue rainbowing material onto the foreshore, between Clarence Pier and the Spur Redoubt.
The dredged material will be levelled to complete the installation of the western temporary working platform.
VSBW, a VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster Ltd. joint venture, is the main contractor working to deliver the new sea defences as part of the Southsea Coastal Defence Scheme.
Stretching for 4.5km from Old Portsmouth to Eastney, the scheme will help to reduce the risk of flooding to more than 10,000 homes and 700 businesses.