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UK DREDGING INVOLVED IN BEACH-NOURISHMENT SCHEME Thu 24th Aug 2000
UK Dredging (UKD) recently completed work on a trial scheme to recycle sand which has been dredged from the approaches to Neath Harbour. Around 10,000 cu m of dredged sand has been placed on the foreshore of Sker beach as part of a trial beach-nourishment project to benefit the environment.Back to News Archive Regular dredging operations are undertaken within the River Neath, on behalf of BP Chemicals Baglan Bay, to maintain safe depths for shipping in the navigation channel and berths. Dredged material is normally deposited offshore in areas designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). However, some of the material dredged at Neath is sand, which is suitable for beach-nourishment – a process involving the replacement of sand on a beach which has eroded. UKD Dolphin, a trailing suction hopper dredger, carried out the dredging works for BP Chemicals Baglan Bay, who is funding the project. Technical advice and site-monitoring are being provided by Shoreline Management, a company specialising in marine research and consultancy. The project is being promoted by Swansea Bay Coastal Engineering Group, a group comprising Vale of Glamorgan Council, Bridgend County Borough Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, the City and County of Swansea, the Countryside Council for Wales, BP Chemicals, the Environment Agency, Associated British Ports, the National Assembly for Wales and the Glamorgan & Gwent Archaeological Trust. The Swansea Bay Coastal Engineering Group has hopes that this trial will pave the way for future operations to re-use sand from maintenance dredging by placing it on a nearby beach which is in need of nourishment. UKD is a division of Associated British Ports. |
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