Estate backing plan to protect the Witterings
DIRECTORS of a thriving beach resort have thrown their weight behind controversial sea defence proposals for East Head and West Wittering and are urging others to follow in their footsteps.
Managers at the West Wittering Estate have given the thumbs-up to the Environment Agency's (EA) plans to protect the coastline by
adaptive management.
They also want to see East Head and Snowhill Creek safeguarded.
The EA's recommendations are outlined in the Pagham to East Head draft coastal defence strategy.
Directors at the company believe the proposals would alter the far western end of the car park but agree with the EA's recommendation for adaptive management for East Head and West Wittering.
Sea levels would be monitored and different methods of protecting the coastline would be applied and adapted over the course of a century.
The directors feel the plans 'offer the best compromise solution to an intractable problem' and have urged their shareholders and season-ticket holders to follow their lead.
The deadline for people to send in their comments is August 29.
Email or write to PEHCDS, Environment Agency, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, BN11 1LD.
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