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Start for £100m Southsea coastal defences

Source: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/category/news/

A joint venture between VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster will start work within weeks on Southsea’s £100m coastal defence plan.The JV will demolish and strengthen defences along a 4.5km of coastline from the Long Curtain Moat in the west to the Eastney Battery in the east.Present plans will split the works into half a dozen phases to be delivered over eight years.The scheme, which will span the Solent coastline from Old Portsmouth to Eastney, will protect 10,000 homesPhase one works will take up to 18 months and start with the demolition of the existing seawall and the construction of a compound area with a public information office.