New coastal defences for Norfolk seaside towns approved
They'll cost around £25 million
Plans to add costal defences two seaside towns in North Norfolk have been unanimously approved by local-decision-makers.
North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) has agreed to install new and improved coastal defences along the shoreline in Cromer and Mundesley.
It is hoped the schemes will reduce the risk of coastal erosion for the communities.
The Cromer scheme includes refurbishments to the timber groynes (wooden structures built perpendicular to the shore), navigation beacons and seawall.
The application site covers 88 acres, the full Cromer frontage, over around a mile.
Plans for Mundesley also include remedial works to existing groynes and navigation beacons, seawalls and aprons.
The application site covers 60 acres over a mile of the Mundesley front.
While the authority had previously expected the two schemes to cost around £14.1m, it has now risen to £25m.
The increase is being blamed on inflation dramatically pushing up prices for materials and labour.