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• Council and Environment Agency commit to approach for long-term defence of coastal communities.

• Current defences to be refurbished following in-depth investigations, assessments, financial analysis, and a public consultation.

• 皇冠体育app work will bring more than 拢240 million-worth of benefits to local communities, infrastructure, and environment.

皇冠体育app Environment Agency, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, has committed to better protect more than 300 properties and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding in Yaverland, Sandown and Shanklin for the next 50 years.聽聽

皇冠体育app decision to refurbish the current coastal defences, made by the Isle of Wight Council, is fully supported by the Environment Agency. It follows in-depth investigations, assessments, financial analysis, and a public consultation.聽聽

Emily Webster, project lead for Shanklin and Yaverland coastal defence schemes at the Environment Agency, said:聽

皇冠体育app Environment Agency is pleased with the decision to refurbish the sea wall, concrete groynes and wooden groynes in Yaverland, Sandown and Shanklin.聽聽聽

This decision was based upon our detailed assessments of the best options available, as well as listening to the views of the local communities who said that better protection from coastal erosion and flooding was a priority.聽聽

皇冠体育app next stage is to create an initial design and plan for the construction work.聽 More information to explain how we reached the decision is available on our website -

Isle of Wight councillor Paul Fuller, cabinet member for planning, coastal protection, and flooding, said:聽聽

皇冠体育app current flood defences are deteriorating, so it鈥檚 vital we act now to better protect these coastal communities from rising sea levels and more extreme storm events in the future.聽

Progress on the initial design and plans on the construction will be displayed at a public exhibition in the summer.聽聽

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• 皇冠体育app results of public consultation, ground investigative works, financial analysis and flood risk assessments can be viewed on our website:
• Once the refurbishment is completed the Environment Agency鈥檚 flood risk assessments show low risk of internal property flooding from waves overtopping the existing sea wall.
• It is not economically viable for the Isle of Wight Council to increase the height of the flood wall.
• 皇冠体育app Environment Agency鈥檚 updated flood-risk assessment shows that fewer properties in the area are at risk of coastal erosion and flooding than previously thought.
• 皇冠体育app repaired sea defences will better protect 115 homes in Yaverland and Sandown as well as key infrastructure, 102 businesses, heritage assets and designated sites from the risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
• Approximately 76 properties and 55 businesses in Shanklin will be better protected from the risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
• 皇冠体育app two projects are eligible for a total of 拢15.5 million of flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid funding. 皇冠体育app project team have secured an additional 拢10million for the projects. 皇冠体育app project team are in discussion with partners and beneficiaries to address the current funding shortfall of 拢2.2million. Project costs are expected to change following more detailed costings from our contractor.
• Government investment in flooding has doubled to a record 拢5.2 billion between 2021-27, creating around 2,000 new flood and coastal defences to better protect 336,000 properties across England.
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