Photos show progress on major Worthing flood defence project

In a social media update on June 14, the council said work is continuing along the seafront as part of a multi-million-pound scheme being led by the Environment Agency.

Stretching from Seaview Road to Worthing’s border with Lancing, at Brooklands, the project is ‘designed to protect homes and businesses’ along the seafront and in the town centre, from flooding.

The council’s Facebook post read: “Our project to improve Worthing’s coastal defences continues to push forward along the seafront.

“These photos show the work underway close to the rotunda, at the end of Windsor Road in East Worthing.

“As has been done further west on the beach, new piles are being fitted to replace snapped ones. They are then cut down to the required height and new planks are attached to them to retain shingle, helping protect the town from flooding.”

The local authority said it will continue to provide updates, as the scheme progresses, and described the project as part of wider investment in the seafront and town centre.

The update follows a progress report, published in May, which revealed that several sections of the scheme had already been completed.

According to that update, work between Warwick Road and Worthing Pier was largely finished, while repairs between the pier and the Lido had been completed. Major rock works were also completed in a number of eastern sections of the project.

Contractors are continuing to carry out timber groyne repairs and install strengthening structures in areas further east towards Brooklands, with some works scheduled to continue throughout June.

Worthing Borough Council is contributing £400,000 towards the ten-year coastal protection scheme – and has said it will continue maintaining the sea defences, after the repair works are completed.

Find out more at https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/seafront-and-river-adur/coastal-protection/