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Coastal Defence Strategy
Options for the River Itchen, Weston Shore, Netley and
River Hamble
Mouchel Parkman has been commissioned by a
partnership with Southampton City Council, Eastleigh Borough
Council and Fareham Borough Council to develop a ‘Coastal Defence
Strategy’ for the sustainable management of coastal defences. The
study frontage includes the east bank of the River Itchen as far
upstream as Woodmill, the Weston, Netley and Hamble Le Rice
frontage, and both banks of the River Hamble as far upstream as the
Bursledon railway bridge.
How does the Coastal Defence Strategy fit in with the
Shoreline Management Plan?
The Strategy adopted will
fall within the framework already developed for the Weston Solent
and Southampton Water Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) 1998 which
looks at a much wider area, but in less detail. The Coastal Defence
Strategy reviews the strategic coastal defence options recommended
by the SMP for each management unit in more detail and determines
whether the SMP options have to be revised. The Shoreline
Management Plan for the Solent is currently under review.
The strategy has reached the public consultation phase and
comments area invited. The closing date is 5th November
2010.
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