The Cockett Wick Seawall Enchancment scheme has been accomplished, stated the Atmosphere Company on 15 August, describing a venture that goals to offer safety in opposition to tidal flooding for greater than 3,000 properties and companies in one of the vital weak areas of the nation.
With a £12m funding, the works embrace the location of 14,000 tonnes of Norwegian granite, set up of over 150 metal piles and 330m of bolstered concrete footpath and seawall.
This scheme is a key a part of the Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Administration Plan which goals to maintain the viability of the seaside communities. This scheme gives long run flood resilience, supporting aspirations for additional development and regeneration of seaside cities.
Now completed, the important thing goal of the venture has been to offer an adaptive strategy to assembly challenges from local weather change. The brand new wall has been designed to take care of the ocean views from the promenade and to account for the impacts of sea stage rise and local weather change by accommodating an extra wall elevating in 50 years’ time.
Decarbonisation was on the coronary heart of determination making and was reached by way of collaboration with our contractor (BAM Nuttall) and design marketing consultant (Jacobs). The design was amended to make use of 152 recycled metal tube piles somewhat than new metal sheet piles, saving roughly 1,000 tonnes of carbon. We ensured additional carbon financial savings by transporting the revetment rock in 6 barge actions as a substitute of 700 flatbed lorry masses, saving 48 tonnes of carbon. We’ve redistributed 1,200 tonnes of surplus rock to help a number of native collaboration tasks with landowners to guard seawalls from erosion.
EA workers and contractors have been engaged with group actions all through the works. This included demonstrations at native colleges, taking over two work expertise college students, elevating £1,400 for an area charity and internet hosting common drop-in periods.
John Lindsay, Essex Coastal Engineer for the Atmosphere Company, stated:
“We’re delighted that the Cockett Wick Seawall Enhancements scheme is now completed. The work will make an actual distinction to offering long-term flood safety for the area people, defending properties and companies and supporting the long run development, funding and regeneration of Jaywick.
“We would like to thank the local community for their patience, support and cooperation during the completion of the works.”
Robert Harvey, Challenge Supervisor for BAM Nuttall, stated:
“We are delighted to have worked collaboratively with the Environment Agency and Jacobs on the Cockett Wick project, providing a successful flood defence scheme for the area, with sustainability, innovation and the local area at its core, benefiting generations to come.”
Louise Oldfield-Trim, Challenge Supervisor for Jacobs, stated:
“A key factor in the project’s success was the full commitment to collaboration by the entire team, including the Environment Agency, BAM and Jacobs. By prioritising sustainability at the forefront of the design, we developed an innovative scheme that achieved substantial carbon efficiencies. This essential cooperation throughout the design and construction stages ensured a smooth, cost-effective delivery.”
Floods Minister Emma Hardy stated:
“The completion of the Cockett Wick Seawall Enchancment venture ensures hundreds of properties and companies in one of the vital weak areas of the nation will obtain higher safety from the rising risk of tidal flooding.
“Protecting communities around the country from flooding, including those on the Essex coast, is one of our core priorities. That’s why this Government will launch a Flood Resilience Taskforce to turbocharge the delivery of flood defences, drainage systems and natural flood management schemes.”
