Blackpool (coastal)

Blackpool (coastal)

1. Coastal strategy

   • 'Hold the line'
     • Holding the line of defence where it is.

2. The future

   • £70 million redevelopment plan
     • Examples of new defences
       • pre-cast concrete stepped revetment
       • set back retaining wall
       • Pre-cast recurved wave wall
     • Examples of strategies
       • land reclamation

3. Players

   • DEFRA
     • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
       • Governmental impact in coastal affairs
   • Birse Coastal
     • enegineering
       • Blackpool is a hard engineering project

4. Key Issue

   • flooding
     • area is low lying