Tonnes of stone have been tipped on the coast near Fort Tourgis to protect the shoreline.

EROSION has led Alderney’s General Services Committee to reinforce coastal defences.

Tonnes of stone have been placed around the most exposed parts of the shoreline to protect the cliffs and dunes near Tourgis car park, the eastern side of Corblets and an area near Longis Bay.

A General Services spokesman said changes had been made at three locations where rough seas were starting to eat into the cliffs and dunes at critical points.

‘At the Tourgis car park the cliff was eroded within a few feet of the tarmac road and a temporary solution of stone was placed there last year until a more permanent solution has been possible,’ he said.

‘At Corblets, the sea was eroding the soil bank at the eastern side closest to the fort and the public path to the beach.

‘Further erosion there would have allowed the sea to get behind the wall and damage that.

‘At Longis we instructed a year ago that protection work be placed to the east of the causeway at the Butts to prevent seawater eroding the dunes further and starting to contaminate Longis Common with saltwater.’