The UK government has awarded the funding of £18 million to assist the risky areas in preparing for climate change.
Communities affected from Norfolk, Suffolk and East Riding challenged with eroding shorelines have been urged to be involved in the Environment Agency’s Coastal Adaptation Pilots.
The funds will be directed to providing financial solutions, and property purchases in vicinities prone to erosion risks.
The announcement comes after dozens of homes in Hemsby have been lost to the sea in recent years, with 14 more properties placed at risk earlier this month.
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The government said the new pilot schemes are designed to build on earlier efforts to manage coastal erosion, including the £36 million Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme launched under Boris Johnson’s Conservative government.
Responding to the announcement, Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Conservative leader, Carl Smith said: ”Our borough, particularly at Hemsby, continues to see the devastating impact that coastal erosion has on the lives of our residents.”
He said the decision was “ “welcome recognition that coastal erosion is something that needs to be addressed urgently at a national level”.
The cabinet member and portfolio holder for coast on North Norfolk District Council, Harry Blathwayt said: “These are challenging times for coastal communities across the UK, but this investment will deliver a message of hope about the future.”
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs revealed additional funds of £12m would be available to more regions to deliver smaller scale actions.
The minister for flooding, Emma Hardy stated that the plans would assist in “building the evidence we need to support coastal communities across the country in the decades ahead”.
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