Proposals for coastal defence work at Colwyn Bay have been approved by Conwy’s Planning Committee.
The proposals for the promenade and foreshore opposite the northern entrance to Eirias Park were discussed and approved at a meeting of the Planning Committee on 8th December 2010.
The proposals include building a rock groyne, rock revetment, sheet piling, promenade raising, concrete stepped revetment, reinforced concrete retaining walls and wave return wall and raising the existing slipway.
This work is the first step to increasing the coastal protection in Colwyn Bay and will also create more area on the promenade.
This multi-million pound project forms Phase 1 of the Colwyn Bay Waterfront Project, it is funded through the European Regional Development Fund with match funding provided by the Welsh Assembly Government.
Work is planned to start on site in the new year.
Councillor Mike Priestley, Cabinet Member for the Environment, said, “We believe this coastal defence work is essential for Colwyn Bay’s future. The regular overtopping has such a negative impact on the existing defences, on the infrastructure nearby and on the local community because the coast road is regularly closed due to storm damage.”
“Without this work, properties, the railway line, the railway station and the A55 are particularly at risk given their location near to the existing line of the sea wall.”
The Colwyn Bay Waterfront Project is part of the Bay Life+ Programme.
