Coastal Areas: Flood Control
(asked on 1st July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what sea defences have been built in north-west England during the last 10 years, and where.
The following is a list of sea defences that have been built in the North West in the last 10 years by the Environment Agency or the local Coast Protection Authority. The list does not include any sea defences built by any third party/private asset owners.
Defences | Location | Date |
Maryport Harbour and Sea Wall works | Maryport, Cumbria | 2004 |
Morecambe Coast Protection Scheme (Ph 5 & 6) | Morecambe | 2007 |
Crane Wharf River Defences* | Chester | 2007 |
Thornton Cleveleys Coastal Defences (Ph 2 & 3) | Thornton and Cleveleys, Wyre | 2008 |
Hesketh Outmarsh West | Hesketh, West Lancs | 2008 |
Lower Lancaster Flood Alleviation Scheme (Ph 1 & 2)* | Lancaster | 2009 |
Stanah Sea Defences* | Poulton Le Fylde, Wyre | 2009 |
West Kirby Coast Protection Works | West Kirby | 2009 |
Cleveleys Coast Defence Improvement Works (Ph4b) | Cleveleys, Wyre | 2010 |
River Wyre Embankment Stabilisation Works* | Fleetwood, Wyre | 2010 |
Groyne works, Cleveleys | Cleveleys, Wyre | 2010 |
Blackpool Central Area Coast Protection Scheme | Blackpool | 2011 |
Cleveleys Beach Recharge Works | Cleveleys, Wyre | 2011 |
Dubb Mill Point Highway Coast Protection Works | Allonby, Cumbria | 2011 |
Eskmeals Highway Coast Protection Works | Eskmeals, Cumbria | 2012 |
Hightown Dune Restoration Works | Hightown, Sefton | 2012 |
Teal Bay Shingle Migration Works | Hest Bank, Lancaster | 2013 |
River Mersey Warrington Flood Risk Management Scheme (Ph1)* | Warrington | 2013 |
Sunderland Point Coast Protection Works | Sunderland, Lancaster | 2013 |
Whitehaven Harbour Emergency Works | Whitehaven, Cumbria | 2014 |
West Shore Park Emergency Works | Walney Island, Barrow in Furness | 2014 |
Fylde Dune Restoration Works | Lytham St Annes, Fylde | Ongoing programme |
Sefton Dune Management Programme | Formby, Sefton | Ongoing programme |
*Tidal River Defences
There are sea defence capital works currently on site in the following locations -
- Knott End Flood Alleviation Scheme, Wyre (completion due in 2014)
- Rossall Coast Protection Works, Rossall, Fleetwood (completion due in 17/18)
- Anchorsholme Coast Protection Works, Blackpool (completion due in 15/16)
- Morecambe Wave Reflection Wall, Morecambe (due on site in September 2014 to 2019)