Responsibility for managing the 8.5km frontage of Pevensey Bay coastal defence has returned to Environment Agency after 25 years with a plan to better protect 3,000 properties - eventually rising to 18,000.

BAM Nuttall is starting work on a £37.4 million cliff resilience project for Network Rail that will protect an iconic coastal railway line for future generations.

The Environment Agency has said it will publish an updated Thames Estuary 2100 Plan in May 2023, following the conclusion of a consultation on its proposals which ran from 26 September to 20 November in 2022.

Ceredigion County Council has gone out to tender to find a suitable contractor to undertake coastal defence works at and around Aberaeron Harbour.

Conwy County Borough Council has gone out to tender with a construction work contract for coastal defence and active travel improvements worth an estimated £6 million.

Network Rail has made a planning submission to Teignbridge District Council to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK as part of the South West Rail Resilience Programme. 

The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with an engineering services contract for its Marine and Coastal Works Framework (MCF) worth an estimated £220 million.

VBA, a joint venture comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, has been awarded a two year coast protection scheme contract by Fylde Council following a competitive tender.

The Environment Agency is working with the RSPB and Natural England to explore how to adapt approximately 150 hectares of the Moors at Arne in Dorset into a diverse wetland habitat.

Scientists at the University of Southampton are warning that future coastal impact studies must take account of extreme sea levels – a phenomenon expected to occur more frequently as rising waters combine with high tides and storm surges to potentially devastating effect.