VolkerStevin awarded £7.3m scheme through the EA’s Collaborative Delivery Framework
VolkerStevin has been awarded a £7.3m scheme by the Environment Agency (EA) to carry out important coastal defence work between Pevensey and Eastbourne.
The project, Pevensey to Eastbourne interim beach management programme, is part of the Environment Agency’s Collaborative Delivery Framework. The programme will take place over two years and will see the team deliver works to maintain the 8.8km stretch of shingle beach at Pevensey Bay.
The team will carry out a range of beach management activities including moving and replacing shingle, reshaping and recharging the beach using material dredged from offshore sources. The programme will also include maintenance and repair of functional groynes, other beach control structures, access routes and gates as well as safety works to historic groynes and timber structures.
The aim is to enhance the beach’s ability to handle storms, helping it recover whilst preserving the unique natural and built assets along this stretch of coastline.
Over 3,000 properties, several caravan parks, road and rail links and the Pevensey Levels (an important Site of Special Scientific Interest and Ramsar designated site) are located in this area, hence why it is important that the coastal defences are maintained.
“The development and award of this contract has been a truly collaborative journey involving numerous parties, and we are proud to be delivering such an important project on behalf of the Environment Agency. Our team’s expertise in delivering beach management schemes will ensure that this project delivers continued coastal protection for the communities of Pevensey and Eastbourne. We’re excited to get work underway and deliver a scheme that makes a real difference.”
Mark Cronshaw VolkerStevin Operations Director
