Selsey Coastal Scheme Capital Works
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Selsey is located on the southernmost tip of West Sussex on the Manhood Peninsula, within the jurisdiction of Chichester District Council (CDC).
It is around 7 miles South of Chichester and borders Bracklesham Bay to the West and Pagham Harbour to the East.
The Selsey peninsula is an exposed coastline with a long history of managing coastal erosion and tidal flood risk.
Selsey is an erosive peninsula and in the past, due to rapid coastal erosion, hard engineered defences were created to protect Selsey from both tidal flooding and erosion.
Prior to the construction of the existing sea wall in the 1950’s, Selsey was reported as one of the fastest eroding coastlines in England.
The existing hard defences consist of reinforced concrete sea walls of various forms (particularly on the West Beach side) and timber groynes fronted by a highly mobile shingle beach (at East Beach).
The hard defence…
What the supplier must deliver
The increased frequency, magnitude and complexity
The increased frequency, magnitude and complexity of the works required to maintain the existing coastal defence structures, as they reach the end of the design lives.
The Strategy recognised the need to manage
The Strategy recognised the need to manage coastal erosion and flood risk along the Selsey frontage, its aging defences and also its low priority for national funding at the time.
It is the intention that the outcome
It is the intention that the outcome of this project is to agree and implement a new, updated approach for these plans.
Since the Strategy there have been changes
Since the Strategy there have been changes in guidance, evidence to support understanding, and a change in the funding approach to for FCERM projects.
A feasibility study was needed to understand
A feasibility study was needed to understand the impacts of these changes, which was completed in 2023.
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