Have Your Say on the Anchorsholme Coast Protection Scheme
Blackpool Council is seeking community feedback on plans to enhance sea defences at Anchorsholme. The Environment Agency is funding this critical work to combat beach lowering, helping to maintain and protect the beach and sand in this area.
As part of the proposed scheme, rock groynes will be introduced along the beach to act as headlands, which will help trap and retain the natural onshore sand supply. A rock revetment will also be constructed to offer a long-term solution to prevent movement and damage to existing concrete defences. This project, delivered by contractor Balfour Beatty, will come at no cost to Blackpool Council and is aligned with the council’s long-term coastal management strategy established in 2012.
The improved Anchorsholme coastal defences will provide enhanced flood protection to over 5,000 properties in the area.
To share your views on the plans, visit the Brew Cafe at Anchorsholme Park from Tuesday, 5 November, where display boards will be available, along with feedback forms to collect community input. Contractors from Balfour Beatty and representatives from Blackpool Council will be on hand to answer questions at the following times:
Alternatively, feedback forms can be completed online, and questions can be emailed to anchorsholme@blackpool.gov.uk.
Feedback can be provided by:
Please submit all feedback before the consultation period closes on Friday, 29 November 2024.
For more information and to view the plans online, visit Blackpool Council’s Anchorsholme project page.
