\n Work has begun to recycle up to 10,000 cubic metres of shingle at Pagham Beach, near Selsey, after noticeable erosion was observed following storms in December.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Arun District Council has appointed contractor Les Searle Group to carry out the work.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The works involve moving shingle with diggers from the ebb delta – where shingle is naturally deposited – and redistributing it along the foreshore at East Front Road to strengthen the beach and help reduce the risk of further erosion.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pagham Beach is an environmentally sensitive area. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, a Ramsar wetland site of international importance, and a nature reserve.\n<\/p>\n
\n The beach is susceptible to change from the tides due to its composition of shingle and clay, which has shifted the coastline over the years.\n<\/p>\n
\n From 2009, the beach was increasingly prone to erosion due to the growth of the Church Norton shingle spit, changing the shape of the harbour.\n<\/p>\n
\n Several emergency works were carried out after storms in 2013, 2014 and 2015 left some properties less than 10 metres from the face of the beach.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2016, a breach in the shingle spit led to changes in the harbour channel, worsening erosion along East Front Road.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fifteen properties that are most at risk are now protected by a rock sloped facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work has begun to recycle up to 10,000 cubic metres of shingle at Pagham Beach, near Selsey, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-362143","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\/362143","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=362143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}