The Environment Agency has launched a new consultation on the Wash East Coastal Management Strategy to identify the most suitable way of managing flood and erosion risk.
The Wash East Coastal Management Strategy sets out to identify the most suitable way of managing flood and erosion risk to local communities between Hunstanton and Wolferton Creek by building on policies published in the Wash Shoreline Management plan.
The Environment Agency has been working with the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, together with representatives from local communities, businesses and Norfolk County Council, throughout the study period, to develop the Strategy.
Coastal defences were severely tested during the East Coast Tidal Surge in December 2013. Climate change studies indicate that sea levels will continue to rise and consequently the impact of future tidal events could escalate with an increasing number of storm events.
The consultation document makes a number of management recommendations for the short term (next 25 years) and an approach to future management over the long term (next 100 years).
The Agency said the Strategy recommends an ‘adaptable’ approach to the future management of the coastline which does not preclude any future opportunities to further improve the standard of protection –dependent on available funding.
The consultation summary document makes the point that It is unlikely that any works arising as a result of recommendations made within the Strategy would be fully funded by national government - due to the limited number of properties and infrastructure at risk of flooding and erosion. However, the Agency said that changes to the way government funding is allocated, introducing a partnership funding approach, makes it possible for government to part-fund the works as long as local funding can be secured.
The Strategy requires that a partnership approach to funding is established between public sector bodies and the local community - primarily caravan site owners, other local business and landowners who are most likely to directly benefit from the continued protection of the coastline.
The Borough Council and Norfolk County Council support the Strategy and are jointly committed to developing a partnership funded approach to the future management of the coastline to protect people, property and the natural environment.
The Borough Council, Norfolk County Council and the Environment Agency are willing to make a contribution to the up-front capital costs required to sustain the current standard of protection and manage future climate risks.
The consultation paper includes a range of possible options, together with indicative costings.
Click here to access the consultation online
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