The sandscaping project is now finally “set up and ready to roll” – nearly 2 million cubic meters of sand at a cost of some £20m, funded by the Gas terminal companies, the Council, the Government and even in part by the EU (a commitment we’re told that would be safe from a no deal Brexit)
The contract has been signed with Van Oord, a Dutch company who have been doing other sand engineering on a smaller scale in the UK
The project is to start in May and June with decommissioning and replacement of the gas terminal drainage outfalls (which would have been under the sand).
This is to be followed (as already described below) in July and August by 1.8 million cubic metres of sand being placed on 5.7 km of beach, from just north of the gas terminal past Bacton to the southern end of Walcott.
