Priority Action 5 - Romney Sands

Romney Sands (17/3)

Present standard
Less than 1:10 years

Proposed standard
1:100 years

Summary
Shingle nourishment to raise the crest level to 7mOD would substantially improve the flood defence standard and raise it to the indicative standard given by MAFF. This would also allow the car park to be used on a more regular basis (at present flood water tends to collect in the natural depression in the car park).

To implement this option a Beach Management Plan should be developed that contains detailed local modelling of this frontage to ascertain the efficiency of the existing groynes and to confirm the renourishment volumes and recycling requirements. In the short-term (< 3 years) the option would use recycled shingle from Dungeness. In the medium to longer term the continuation of this practice will hinge on the outcome of an 'appropriate assessment' of the impact of recycling on the internationally important natural environment within the Dungeness candidate Special Area of Conservation designated under the European Habitats Directive. If considered detrimental to the integrity of the Dungeness site, or it prevents improvement, then marine won shingle may be appropriate subject to financial or other environmental constraints.

Estimated cost over the next fifty years (£)
£800,000

Estimated benefit over the next fifty years (£)
£2,000,000

Implementation Plan (subject to competing national priorities and funding)
Scheme Appraisal and Beach Management Plan (Year): 2003/4
Implement (Year): 2004/5

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