{"id":223029,"date":"2025-10-24T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223029\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:23:10","slug":"hove-beach-extension-will-protect-against-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223029\/","title":{"rendered":"Hove beach extension will protect against climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Brighton Marina to River Adur project aims to protect the coastline by replacing groynes on the seafront and adding more shingle<\/a>, making the beach larger.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n The project will improve and reinforce the beach from Kings Esplanade in Hove to Shoreham.\n<\/p>\n

\n The \u201cmain construction\u201d is due to begin in January, with the compound for contractors being set up in December.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Hove seafront\u2019s existing groynes will be demolished from January until the end of July, with new groynes being constructed from the beginning of next year until August.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \"TheThe timeline for the project (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n

\n Construction at Southwick beach is due to take place from January until the end of November next year.\n<\/p>\n

\n Brighton and Hove City Council held a public engagement event at Hove Town Hall on Thursday, October 23.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Councillor Trevor Muten, cabinet member for transport and city infrastructure, said the project was to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as more volatile weather.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n He said that bays of the beach will be closed \u201cone at a time\u201d while the work is ongoing and there will be minimal disruption on the promenade.\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Muten said: \u201cWe have got a climate change situation.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere is a risk of rising sea levels and more intense storms.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere are more and more stones being thrown onto the promenade. Some of them are damaging cars and vehicles.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n There were information boards for residents at the event (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe know that if we do nothing we will continue to have stones on the promenade.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere is a concern for the future with rising sea levels. We don\u2019t have a big sea wall.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe have got a promenade and a groyne field with a pebble beach. That\u2019s our protection.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhat defines our city is our beach. It\u2019s what people come here for. We don\u2019t want to build a big sea wall.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe want to keep the essence of our groyne and pebble beach and protect our city. This project is building that resilience, it\u2019s making our beach bigger.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n “It’s a very exciting project.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n He added that the council was “mindful” of potential disruption to nearby residents and there will be a resident engagement officer available for people to voice concerns.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n The event at Hove Town Hall (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe recognise the beach is very important to people,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to do one bit at a time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIn terms of the introduction of the material we are mindful of the summer season. The majority of the bays will be open.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re looking at the impacts of this on the natural system as well.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAll the material is recycled. We have done the assessments.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Hove resident Ken Johnson said he was \u201crelieved\u201d the work was being done.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n He said: \u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see what\u2019s going to be taking place.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI was relieved when I read that this would be happening.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAs a resident spending so much time on the beach and in the sea, it was clear to me that this type of restorative work was not taking place as often as they would like it to.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt is noticeable how much the beach has been eroded.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n However, Mr Johnson was concerned about how the project will be funded.\n<\/p>\n

\n In April, the cabinet agreed to increase funding for the project from \u00a36.5 million to \u00a311 million.\n<\/p>\n

\n The beach will be extended by 25 metres out to sea.\n<\/p>\n

\n The new groynes will be supported by filling the bays between each one with shingle which will be taken from a licensed dredging site in the English Channel.\n<\/p>\n

\n Brighton and Hove City Council is working in partnership with Adur and Worthing Councils, Shoreham Port and the Environment Agency on this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brighton Marina to River Adur project aims to protect the coastline by replacing groynes on the seafront…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-223029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}