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Sacrificed to save wildlife
Almost 100 metres of floodbank is being removed from the coastal defences at Alnmouth as work begins on Phase 2 of the 4shores project.
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Plans were being made, and hopefully will have been carried out by now, for the defences one mile north of Alnmouth, upstream of Duchess bridge to be taken down.
This will allow high tides to flood into six fields covering some 40 hectares which nature will reclaim to create natural flood defences such as saltmarsh. The fields along this stretch of the river already flood when water levels are high but this phase of the 4shores project will allow the land to return to its natural floodplain, which in turn will act as a natural flood defence and create very important wildlife habitats.
The 4shores project was born out of a need to find a better way of managing flood risk. The Environment Agency needs to look at different options and avoid burdening future generations with the cost of maintaining unsustainable defences which do not protect homes and other vital infrastructure.
Alnwick District Council has been consulted and Land Drainage Consent has been given for the works. The Parish Councils from both Alnmouth and Lesbury have seen presentations about it.
The 4shores project is set to run until 2009 and other sites are being considered as potential natural flood defences including Beal, which has been selected as the second location for the project. Small works will be taking place this year, with the larger section of the project taking place in the next financial year.
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