East Devon District Council is working with the Environment Agency to upgrade the sea and estuary defenses in Exmouth.
The proposed project will reduce the risk of flooding to over 1,000 homes in Exmouth.
Since Autumn 2015, the council’s Exeter based consultants WSP│Parsons Brinkerhoff have reviewed information gathered from flood modelling, a topographic survey and geotechnical investigations and developed a number of options to upgrade Exmouth’s flood defenses along the estuary side and sea front.
Following this, East Devon has held consultation events with local councillors and residents directly affected by the proposed works, as well as with the wider community.
The consultations received an excellent response from local people and around 150 people attended the last consultation event, which took place on 3 February 2016 at Exmouth Town Hall.
It is intended that the project will involve works in three main areas of Exmouth: