The Southsea Coastal Scheme is the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defence project, worth more than £180M. It will stretch for 4.5km from Old Portsmouth to Eastney and help to reduce the risk of flooding to more than 10,000 homes and 700 businesses.
The new defences will embrace everything we all love about the seafront, improving the seafront for future generations, while protecting the community and preserving the area’s unique heritage.
Managing our coast is becoming increasingly important as sea levels rise and our climate changes. Existing sea defences are ageing and do not provide enough protection against flooding. The effects of climate change are expected to increase this risk of flooding further over the next century. For these reasons, we are replacing and improving the defences.
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