Van Oord has entered into a three-year contract with the UK Environment Agency to continue beach nourishment works along the Lincolnshire coastline.
During the course of the contract, three annual campaigns of beach nourishment will be undertaken between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point.
As a result of this award, Van Oord will continue the crucial works that commenced in the mid-1990s and that Van Oord has been undertaking continuously since 2015 to better protect the coastline against erosion.
Van Oord said that, in addition to reducing flood risk, the works will bring supplementary social and economic benefits by retaining the sandy beaches for the local tourism industry.
LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredgers will be used to undertake the works with support from land-based equipment. Van Oord said this will support its own sustainability ambitions as well as those of the Environment Agency.
The previous campaign was undertaken in 2024 by Van Oord and the Environment Agency.