VolkerStevin has been awarded a £7.3 million ($9.8 million) scheme by the UK Environment Agency (EA) to carry out coastal defence work between Pevensey and Eastbourne.
The project will take place over two years and will see the team deliver works to maintain the 8.8-kilometre stretch of shingle beach at Pevensey Bay.
The team will carry out a range of beach management activities including moving and replacing shingle, reshaping and recharging the beach using material dredged from offshore sources.
The programme will also include maintenance and repair of functional groynes, other beach control structures, access routes and gates as well as safety works to historic groynes and timber structures.
The aim is to enhance the beach’s ability to handle storms, helping it recover whilst preserving the natural and built assets along this stretch of coastline.
"Over 3,000 properties, several caravan parks, road and rail links and the Pevensey Levels (an important site of special scientific interest and Ramsar designated site) are located in this area, hence why it is important that the coastal defences are maintained," said VolkerStevin.
