Environment Agency Coastal Projects Update

Mark Adams, Ed Hinton, Dan Normandale

FCRM Senior Advisors

EA projects update

• Programme key issues - MA • Programme update – see issued programmes for each Area

• Lincolnshire coastal projects update - MA • Yorkshire coastal projects update - EH • North East coastal projects update – see update paper • Humber Strategy update - DH

Investment Programme issues

• PDU’s – established to accelerate appraisal and delivery - all RMAs

• PPMT completion – Grant Memo condition (all RMA’s) – helps confidence

• FCERM GiA or Local Levy claims – on time

• FCRM allocation 2018-21 outcome focus (300,000 households target)

Pipeline 2021-2027 preparation

• EA/Defra/HMT negotiations for CSR 20

• All RMA’s to develop a ‘credible’ pipeline programme with local PSO teams

• Deadline: around mid June 2018

• Focus on Initial Assessment/SOCs 2018-20 – to raise certainty.

Annual Investment Programme cycle

• ‘Refresh’ programme - July 2018

• Indicative allocation – Oct 2018

• RFCC local choices – Oct 2018

• Programme iterations – Dec 2018

• RFCC consent – Jan 2018

• EA Board approval – Feb 2018

• Publish – March 2018

Investment refresh timetable

Abbreviations: RMAs – Risk Management Authorities RFCC – Regional Flood and Coastal Committee

April – mid June Planning begins for the next financial year and beyond, agreed work starts on schemes for the current year. Mid June

RMAs send us their needs-based programmes for future work, known as a the FCRM1

July-Aug Working within the budget available, we prioritise the schemes and prepare an indicative programme to show which schemes will be eligible for funding and what proportion of the cost we can provide.

September - October RFCCs consider the indicative programme. Further contributions may be identified from third parties or local levy at this stage, enabling RFCCs to increase their programme and further cost savings may be made to deliver more. We also share the indicative programme with other RMAs.

December We review and finalise the indicative programme having taken account of the RFCC and RMA proposed changes.

January RFCCs review and consent their programmes of work for the following year and the indicative programmes for subsequent years.

February The Environment Agency’s Board approves the allocation of FCRMGiA to schemes within approved programmes of work.

March Final preparations are made to deliver work in new financial year.

Guidance Good quality programme

information needed

Updates made by Areas and RMAs

‘Refresh’ Return

Indicative allocation shared for Local Choices meetings

(20 October)

RFCCs consent

programmes

Board approval

Ready to start consented schemes

Allocation prepared following Local Choices

North East Area Coastal Update

Refer to Simon Wilson’s separate

update paper

North East Area Port Clarence and Greatham South (EA)

• £11m scheme, 358 properties, 40ha of Intertidal Habitat

• Phase 1 complete – protection to residential properties and works along Tidal Tees at Port Clarence.

• Phase 2, involves work along Greatham Creek, protection to industrial area and creation of habitat. Works ahead of schedule.

• Project realised >£1m in efficiencies and £5m partnership funding contribution

North East Area Headland Walls and Blocksands – Hartlepool

• Reduces risk to 558 households and 4 commercial properties

• £7.4m cost (GiA, Local Levy, HBC, NW, PD Ports)

• Pre-cast sea wall panels, encasement of old wall and rock armour toe protection

• On-site, progressing well. Looking to reduce 5-yr planned delivery.

• Access to foreshore to be reinstated March 2018

North East Area Central Promenade – North Tyneside • On site following re-design of previous options – progressing well

• Scheme value c£4m, (FCRM GiA, Levy, NTC, NW)

• 60 properties better protected, significant economic benefit

• Works to foreshore completed by October 2017, work progressing on promenade and set back sea wall

• Potential £1.5m efficiency claim under consideration

North East Area Blyth Flood Alleviation Scheme

• Works now commenced, with 5 month duration

• Unexpected service diversions have slowed progress

• Over 1,000 properties benefit from reduced tidal flooding

• £600k FCRM GiA, enabled by wider Port development

North East Area Littleshore Coastal Protection Works

• Initial scheme approval in 2016, value of £98k

• Better protect 54 properties

• Following approval, area of substantial damage identified at base of South Jetty / South Pier

• Emergency works totalling £269k required to resolve issue

• FCRM GiA and £10k Warkworth Harbour Commissioners

• Works to commence in April

North East Area Seahouses Main Pier - Northumberland

• Outline Business Case being assured

• Recent integrity concerns raised about main pier structure

• Preferred option to existing pier walls

• Looking to better protect 139 properties from coastal erosion

Any questions?

Yorkshire Area Coastal Update

Ed Hinton

Senior Advisor, Yorkshire Area

Yorkshire area overview

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Staithes & Cowbar

Runswick Bay

Whitby Piers

Robin Hoods Bay

Boggle Hole

Withernsea groynes

Scarborough Spa

Whitby Church St.

Filey FAS

Seathorne revetment

Runswick Bay

• Seawall deterioration and scour – 96 properties

• Rock Armour & concrete repairs

• Cost - £2,288k • FDGiA - £1,488k

• YW works - £700k

• Partnership Funding Contribution £100k

Runswick Bay Home Owners Association

• Commenced onsite 12 Feb, rock armour due mid-March

• Estimated finish June 2018

Whitby Piers

• Voiding, undermining

• Sheet piles, grouting

• Cost - £8.6m • FDGiA - £4.8m secured

• Partnership Funding Contributions being sought

• Awaiting outcome of funding bids: ESIF/MMO/LEP/GiA OM4

• Reviewing start date: 2018 or 2019

Boggle Hole

• Cliff scour & slip, access ramp erosion, undermined bridge toe, Cleveland Way

• Retaining Wall, Concrete slipway, toe protection

• Anticipated Cost - £120,000 • Local Levy - £20,000

• Partnership Funding Contributions

• YHA, Leader, National Trails,

North York Moors National Park.

• Started on site Jan. 2018, completion due April 2018

Scarborough Spa

• Cliff Instability

• 380 properties- coastal erosion

• Piling, soil nails, regrade

• Cost - £15,909k • FDGiA - £ 11,619k

• SBC/NYCC - £2,290k

• Risk - £2,000k

• Ongoing discussions with contractor around risk & liability apportionment

• Expect to resolve imminently to enable start on site

Seathorne revetment

• Fluctuations in beach level periodically expose the foundations of the seawall that fronts Seathorne promenade to scour & erosion

• New stepped concrete revetment – 150m long

• Completed Jan 18

• Cost - £1.3m, funded through GiA

Withernsea groynes

• Dilapidated groynes preventing loss of beach material resulting in increased seawall exposure & potential erosion

• This scheme allows for the replacing of 7 of the worst groynes on generally a ‘like for like’ basis.

• Construction of new concrete steps blocks, one over each of the replacement groynes

• Completed Jan 2018

• Cost - £2,890k

• FDGiA - £ 2,842k

• ERYC - £66k

Lincolnshire Coastal Update

Mark Adams

FCRM Senior Advisor,

Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area

Lincolnshire – Coastal funding (2015-21) (2015-21 Investment Programme indicative allocation - Jan 2018 – see programme)

• Total 2015-21 Programme = £81.2m

• FCRM Grant-in-Aid = £59.1m

• Local contributions = £ 8.4m (eg Port of Immingham phase 1)

• PF contributions to be secured = £13.8m (eg East Halton, S Ferriby, Port of Immingham phase 2)

• Post 2021 pipeline identified = £34.1m (excl future Lincs coastal works £10M’s?)

*Above figures to be consented by RFCC and EA Board

Challenges:

• Local contributions still to be secured

• Uncertain viability of some projects (developer lead)

• Pipeline programme 2021+ needs more certainty

Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point – Strategy Review

• Strategy Area divided into 3 core frontages

• Frontage B is the hard defence between

Mablethorpe & Skegness

- current with beach nourishment

• Public consultation on shortlist of six coastal

options currently live (5th Feb – 22nd March 18)

• Public consultation drop-ins taking place along

the coast during February and March

• Online consultation :

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood-

and-coastal-risk-management/sgp/consult_view/

• Business Case approval expected 2018/19

• Works Arising to commence 2020/21

Lincolnshire Coast interim beach nourishment 2018-20

• Better protecting: • 20,000 residential properties,

• 1,700 commercial properties

• 24,500 caravans

• 35,000ha of prime agricultural land

• 25km ‘man made’ beach for over 20 years

• Interim beach nourishment contract

2018 to 2020 - Team Van Ord - £21M

• 2018 campaign planned April - June

• Depositing iro 500,000m3

• Site visit for members end May? - TBC

Cleethorpes Terminal Groyne

• Developed and managed by NELC

• £1.5M with contrib’s from NELC & LL

• 650 households - benefit apportionment

with Grimsby Dock scheme

• Maintains beach levels along North Prom

– tourism/amenity benefit

• 14,000t of rock to form fishtail groyne

• 3 other timber groynes refurbished

• EA Headlines - Project took national

FCRM programme over 100,000

properties better protected!

Port of Immingham • Partnership approach:

• NELC lead Business Case – with EA

• ABP managing design and construction

• £10.3M funding - ABP, EA and ERDF

• Commercial/infrastructure damages only

• Phase 1 – replacement outer lock doors installed (0.1% Standard & 3.0m higher!)

• new locking system and rams

• wing walls due spring 2018

• Phase 2 – 2km tidal defences

• ABP developing more ambitious solution

- 0.1% standard but additional £3.0M

• Construction programmed 2019-21

• Commercial and infrastructure damages only

South Ferriby interim sea defence • Erosion and foreshore losses - summer 2015>

• Monitoring locally enhanced May 2016>

• Oct 2017 trigger point – breach risk winter 17/18

• Part of a planned suite of FRM interventions -

emergency, interim & capital scheme

• Dec 2017 - 300m temporary concrete block defence

• EA asset management and field team used

• Cost <£100k for materials/plant

Schemes in development:

SOUTH FERRIBY

• Preferred option identified after consultation

• OBC submitted - £13.0M

• Cemex/Local Levy/North Lincs contributions

• Value engineering and seeking extra funding

• Construction programmed 2019-20

• Adaptation approach – strategic future options

• Long list options in development

• Align with Humber Strategy comp review

• Expected construction after 2021

• Habitat and recreation challenges and

opportunities

BARTON to NEW HOLLAND