Beach Management Plan: safety first

There have been more cliff falls – and over the holiday weekend – as reported by the Herald:

Cliff fall in Sidmouth

Sidmouth cliff fall goes almost unnoticed by beachgoers

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Questions have been raised about how safe the proposed ‘preferred option’ of a supergroyne on the Eastern Beach would be…

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A revetment would compel people to walk on the beach away from the cliff face, rather than clamber over a groyne beneath the cliffs:

Beach Management Plan. Revetment, part 1

Beach Management Plan, Revetment part 2