NEW SEA DEFENCES HOLD BACKTHETIDE

摘要

For a region frequently battered by the elements, maintaining sea defences along the Fylde coastline in Lancashire is crucial to protecting local communities and infrastructure from flooding and coastal erosion. The financial impact of catastrophic flooding over the past decade has totalled in the millions of pounds. But the risk of disruptive flood events in the future is ever increasing due to the combined effects of climate change, population growth and rapid urbanisation.