Soft Engineering Examples

Question 1

Give the cost and an example of beach nourishment.

Answer 1

£3000/km of beach
Hallsands, Devon

Question 2

Give the cost and an example of cliff stabilisation.

Answer 2

£1million per 100m
Scarborough borough council, march 2018 stabilised cliff in Filey to protect a road to a village of 45 houses

Question 3

Give the cost and an example of sand dune stabilisation.

Answer 3

Fencing— £400-2000 per 100m
Replanting — £1000 per 100m
West sands St Andrews, tens of thousands of tonnes of sand used to re-profile dunes. Pedestrian access limited to protect dunes. Used to improve flood protection status