Coastal Protection - Gorleston Promenade
Option 6
Sheet piles and concrete wave return wall
- Constructing a new in-situ concrete wave return wall in front of the existing vertical face and casting an in-situ slab over the existing apron. The structure toe will be stabilised by new steel sheet piles driven in front of the existing ones and replacing and refurbishing the existing rock toe protection.
- open beach with high amenity value
- High capital expenditure
- Beach material lost alongshore and offshore
- Large recharge quantities required