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Sussex and Hampshire are filled with beautiful landscapes from the rolling hills of the countryside to beautiful beaches.

Last week, Southsea Coastal Scheme officials celebrated a huge achievement – laying of the first pre-cast unit at Long Curtain Moat.

Southsea Coastal Scheme moving along nicely May 10, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic The Southsea Coastal Scheme crews are making good progress on the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defences project with piling works almost complete at Frontage 1 (Long Curtain Moat). According to the officials, the piling works at Frontage 1 are due to finish within the next few weeks, so work around the site will be much quieter. The pile line has circled around th...

VSBW: Important milestone on Southsea Coastal Scheme April 15, 2021, by Eldin Ganic The VSBW team, a VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster joint venture, has reached an important milestone on the £100m Southsea Coastal Scheme, installing a total of 250 steel sheet piles along the first section of the defences, stretching from Long Curtain Moat to Clarence Pier. The piles, that VolkerGround Engineering began installing at the beginning of December last y...

TSHD Sospan Dau returns to Southsea December 14, 2020, by Eldin Ganic The TSHD Sospan Dau dredger will return to Southsea tonight for around two weeks, according to the latest project update. This second visit will see the Sospan Dau ‘rainbowing’ a load of gravel every high tide to create a second working platform between the Spur Redoubt and the Saluting Platform. “Due to unsettled weather conditions, we are currently unable to provide definite...