Hard engineering: Heysham and Morecambe Flashcards
Heysham and Morecambe are located on the coast of
Lancashire, in north west england
the section of coastline is…km long
8.5km
the four options for management were:
- hold the line
- do nothing
- advance the line
- retreat the line
lancashire county council adopted a combination of…………………………..and…………………………management
hold the line and do nothing
the……..-phase programme cost £……million from ………… to ………………..
7-phase
£28 million
1989-2007
erosion from the Irish Sea was threatening to flood Heysham’s………………….as well as Morecambe’s ………………..industry
nuclear power plant
tourist industry
………….,000 tonnes of ……………….was used to build the rock armour
436,000
local limestone
……wave breakers and rock groynes were built with just under………………..tonnes of local limestone
10
under a million
in 20…. , existing sea walls were reinforced, replaced or maintained
2015
over…..gabions were built
over 500
morecambe is a site of ………………………………………..and ………………………………..
site of special scientific interest (SSSI)
special area of conservation (SAC)
the limestone used came from only………….km inland so there was a reduced carbon footprint for the project
10 km
