Activity
Southwest Strategic Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme

A consistent regional approach to coastal process monitoring, providing information of the development of strategic shoreline management plans, coastal defence strategies and operational management of coastal protection and flood defence. The programme is managed on behalf of the Coastal Groups and is funded by DEFRA, in partnership with the maritime Local Authorities and the Environment Agency Southwest Region. Following many years of ad-hoc monitoring of coastal processes within the South West, an extensive integrated survey programme has been developed to cover over 1000km of open coastline and estuaries between Portland Bill, in Dorset and Beachley Point in Gloucestershire. The Programme is expected to cost approx £7.2m over a period of five years, but with an expectation that the Programme will continue long term. It is 100% grant aided by DEFRA. Funding commenced in April 2006. Data will be collected via a series of contracts which were awarded in late 2006/ early 2007.