£33K to look at abandoning wall

Friday 29th February 2008, 12:00PM GMT.

Environment wants to study the L’Ancresse/Pembroke area closely with a view to possibly abandoning the concrete wall to the elements. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0409659)

ENVIRONMENT will investigate abandoning the sea wall at L’Ancresse, the States has agreed.

There was concern, however, in the House over the ‘do nothing’ recommendation in the consultant’s report. Environment minister David De Lisle assured members that no decision had yet been taken and that that was the point of further study.

‘It will depend on the States decision taken in the light of consultation and understanding of flood risks,’ he said. The department wants to spend £33,000 analysing the Pembroke and L’Ancresse area to refine and reassess the viability of abandoning the wall.