We have returned to Somerset’s Minehead to provide an emergency supply of 14,500 tonnes of armourstone to help boost its sea defences ahead of winter in a record six weeks turnaround.
Led by the Environment Agency, the emergency project, set three miles from Blue Anchor beach, was focused on ensuring the continued standard of the existing sea wall by making vital repairs to areas which had been damaged as a result of sea erosion ahead of winter. With time of the essence, the risk was that just a further one or two storms, without remedial action taken, could put up to 800 nearby properties at serious risk of flooding.
It follows the completion of a £3.8 million scheme completed in September which, contracted by Somerset Council and headed up by Kier, saw Aggregate Industries supply 13,500 tonnes of armourstone to protect a section of the B3191 road along the same beach.
Indicative of the success of the project, the more recent emergency repair works project saw the Environment Agency also appoint Kier as the main contractor who, in turn, once again called on Aggregate Industries for materials supply and delivery.
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27 ноя 2023
