Work has started on repairing an important road near Silloth in Cumbria, North West England to save it from coastal erosion.
The scheme, on the B5300 Maryport to Silloth road, will see a 280m length of rock armour constructed to protect the sand and gravel bank on which the road runs at Castle Corner between Mawbray and Beckfoot.
Costing €385,942 (£320,000), the work being carried out by Cumbria County Council’s in-house highways team follows approval from the Council’s cabinet to fund a new sea defence built from 5,000tonnes of stone in large pieces, and 2,000tonnes of smaller material.
The vulnerable area of coast targeted by the Cumbria County Council scheme has eroded by around 20m at this location in the last two years as part of the natural erosion processes in the Solway Firth. Because of the erosion getting closer to the road, temporary traffic lights have been in place since the spring to keep traffic away from the road’s seaward edge.
The scheme, on the B5300 Maryport to Silloth road, will see a 280m length of rock armour constructed to protect the sand and gravel bank on which the road runs at Castle Corner between Mawbray and Beckfoot.
Costing €385,942 (£320,000), the work being carried out by Cumbria County Council’s in-house highways team follows approval from the Council’s cabinet to fund a new sea defence built from 5,000tonnes of stone in large pieces, and 2,000tonnes of smaller material.
The vulnerable area of coast targeted by the Cumbria County Council scheme has eroded by around 20m at this location in the last two years as part of the natural erosion processes in the Solway Firth. Because of the erosion getting closer to the road, temporary traffic lights have been in place since the spring to keep traffic away from the road’s seaward edge.
