Soft Engineering Strategy: The Sefton Coast
- Created by: Manon Burbidge
- Created on: 17-04-13 20:13
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- Sefton Coast: Soft Engineering Strategy
- Location: North of Liverpool, North-West England between Crosby and Southport. It is the largest dune area In England, stretching over 17km.
- Problems
- Large amounts of tourists in the 1960s and 70s caused damage to the frontal dunes.
- -Removal of sand from the dunes by commercial contractors for the foundry trade and glass polishing.
- Construction of ports and construction walls in Liverpool and Preston block longshore drift, and cause a build up of sediment.
- Offroad vehicles have in recent years broken up the dunes and destroyed vegetation.
- Dredging of the sea bed which means large amounts of gravel and sand have been removed. In addition, spoil dumping of toxic material has damaged ecosystems in the area.
- Solutions
- Prohibiting the use of off-road vehicles in most of the area.
- Controlling the excavation of sand for commercial purposes
- A determination to protect the area for future use, in other words to be sustainable. Establishment of a National Trust, Ravendeol, Birkdale, Sandhills, Cabin Hills and Ainsdale nature reserves
- A project to recreate the natural dune landscape destroyed by the pine plantations at Formby which has encouraged re-colonisation
- The tree and scrub cover from existing frontal areas has helped establish and maintain many habitats including dune slacks and bare dunes.
- Close monitoring of visitor access with controls in certain areas.
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