The £17.5m Lytham St Annes scheme will include detailed design and construction of new coastal defences from Fairhaven to Church Scar.
£17.5m Fylde coastal defence scheme awarded
A joint venture of VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins has scooped a two-year coast protection scheme contract with Fylde Council in Lancashire.
Coastal defences from Fairhaven to Church Scar will provide a new promemade.
Current concrete defences, built in the 1890s, are in poor condition and require emergency repairs every year to prevent a major breach.
VBA will begin construction at Church Scar. Work will include piling, earthworks, pre-cast concrete revetment installation and concrete re-surfacing to the promenade, before starting work at Fairhaven.
Rob Coupe, managing director at VolkerStevin, said that work was expected to start on site mid-January 2018 with completion in 2020.
Councillor David Eaves, chairman of the operational management committee for Fylde Council, said: “This is the largest capital project to be undertaken in the history of Fylde Borough Council.”
As part of the protection scheme, VBA will create a temporary bird roost to avoid bird population disturbance to the natural ecology and environment.
