Coastal Management - Happisburgh
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- Happisburgh - Coastal Management
- soft cliffs continue to be eroded away and put businesses and homes at risk
- 2001
- Central government agency responsible for approving and funding major defence schemes
- Building of rock groynes
- encourage accumulation of sediment & create a wider beach
- This newly created beach - absorb wave energy during storm conditions
- encourage accumulation of sediment & create a wider beach
- Building of rock groynes
- Central government agency responsible for approving and funding major defence schemes
- 2002
- Emergency measure - North norfolk district council funded provision of 4000 tonnes of boulders in order to create a rock bund at the base of the cliff
- slow down rate of erosion until a permanent solution could be found
- Emergency measure - North norfolk district council funded provision of 4000 tonnes of boulders in order to create a rock bund at the base of the cliff
- Shoreline management plan in 2006
- No active intervention and coast should be allowed to retreat
- Wouldn't be appropriate to defend happisburg due to impact on shoreline as a whole
- coastal retreat either side would result in development of this area - impact on sediment transport to downdrift areas.
- loss of residence - not sufficient to economically building new defences
- 2007
- temp. rock bund was extended, aided by £50,000 from local appeal
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