Her Majesty's Government how many sea defence areas have been established during the last 10 years in North-West England; and where each such area is located.
Answered on
24 July 2017
The following schemes, resulting in improved protection from flooding and/or erosion for over 20,000 properties, have been, or are currently being, undertaken since 2007 in the North West of England:
Item | Defences | Location | Date |
1 | Morecambe coast protection scheme phases five and six | Lancashire | 2007 |
2 | Crane Wharf tidal river defences | Chester | 2007 |
3 | Thornton-Cleveleys phases two and three coast protection scheme | Wyre | 2008 |
4 | Hesketh Outmarsh West | Lancashire | 2008 |
5 | Lower Lancaster tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme phases one and two | Lancaster | 2009 |
6 | Stanah) sea defence improvements | Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre | 2009 |
7 | West Kirby coast protection scheme | Wirral | 2009 |
8 | Cleveleys sea defence improvement works phase four | Wyre | 2010 |
9 | River Wyre embankment stabilisation works | Fleetwood, Wyre | 2010 |
10 | Cleveleys groyne works | Wyre | 2010 |
11 | Blackpool Central Area Scheme | Blackpool | 2011 |
12 | Cleveleys beach recharge works | Wyre | 2011 |
13 | Dubb Mill Point highway coast protection works | Allonby, Cumbria | 2011 |
14 | Eskmeals highway coast protection works | Cumbria | 2012 |
15 | Hightown dune restoration works | Sefton | 2012 |
16 | Teal Bay shingle management (groyne) works | Morecambe Lancashire | 2013 |
17 | River Mersey Warrington tidal flood risk management scheme phase 1 | Cheshire | 2013 |
18 | Sunderland Point coast protection works | Lancashire | 2013 |
19 | Whitehaven Harbour emergency works | Cumbria | 2014 |
20 | West Shore Park coast protection scheme | Barrow | 2014 |
21 | Knott End sea defence replacement | Wyre | 2014 |
22 | Starr Hills sand dune management | Blackpool | 2016 |
23 | Anchorsholme coast protection scheme | Blackpool | 2016 |
24 | Hesketh Outmarsh East managed realignment | Lancashire | 2016 |
25 | Rossall coast protection and sea defence scheme phases one and two of three | Lancashire | 2018 |
26 | Morcambe sea defence improvement works | Lancashire | 2019 |
In addition, there are dune restoration programmes on the Fylde Peninsula and the Sefton coast.