Works on a \u00a329.4m flood defence project have been paused as planning conditions and a marine licence have not been signed off.<\/p>\n
Plans for a continuous flood defence along 1.5km of Poole’s waterfront were approved in July and are designed to reduce the significant risk of a tidal flood.<\/p>\n
Councillor Andy Hadley, portfolio holder for climate response, environment and energy at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, announced heavy construction has been delayed while the necessary permissions are obtained.<\/p>\n
Mr Hadley said, “We will announce re-scheduled programme dates and timelines as soon as possible and we anticipate heavy engineering will commence next year.”<\/p>\n
The scheme is a collaboration between BCP Council, the Environment Agency (EA), private landowners and developers.<\/p>\n
Mr Hadley said: “The Poole Bridge to Hunger Hill flood defence scheme is a major undertaking, designed to provide continuous protection along 1.5 km of Holes Bay’s eastern waterfront \u2013 the last remaining undefended stretch in Poole town centre.”<\/p>\n
Holes Bay itself is a protected environment, and all works on the seabed must comply with ecological requirements to safeguard migratory birds and marine life.<\/p>\n
“In the meantime, preparatory works for the project, such as ground surveys, investigations and the delivery of materials to the compound sites are continuing to progress,” Mr Hadley explained.<\/p>\n
“Once completed, the scheme will reduce tidal flood risk to more than 2,000 homes and businesses over the next century, support regeneration, and enhance sustainability for Poole’s waterfront.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Works on a \u00a329.4m flood defence project have been paused as planning conditions and a marine licence have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-216545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}