Early Summer 2010

The Launch team L to R
Bill Frisken with the lever
George Watters behind the window
Tony Ashworth in the red sweater
Ed Oxford on the far side
Peter Barker bending down
Geoffery Roberts holding the side
Ben Roskilly holding the side
Harold Martin holding the rope

Below Left
Ian Carey's new boat "Lady Margaret of Coverack"
"She floats!" (Quote from I.C.)

Coastal Protection

Many residents of the village, led by Parish Councillors, are concerned that under proposals drawn up by consultants the village will only be defended from the sea for another fifteen years. After 2025 the sea defences might not be maintained, resulting in the loss of the shoreline road and eventually houses as well.

Coverack
Shoreline Management Plan

Outline: Consultants, Royal Haskoning, have been asked by Cornwall Council to undertake a survey of Cornwall's coastline, and to make recommendations for its future maintenance. In their draft proposals Royal Haskoning divides the future into three epochs; 1. the present day to 2025, (fifteen years) 2. 2025 to 2055 (thirty years) and 3. 2055 to 2105 (fifty years). In their first plan SMP1 the proposal was to "hold the line" (HTL) at Coverack for fifty years, in other words to keep on repairing the coastal defences to protect the road and properties above the Mill Beach. In the updated version SMP2 the proposal to "hold the line" (HTL) only lasts for the first epoch, until 2025. In the second epoch, 2025 to 2055, the plan is "managed realignment" (MR). The report says that in the second epoch from 2025 to 2055, under "managed realignment" (MR), there is a high risk of the loss of assets in Coverack. It is thought that the shoreline road could be lost by 2055 and that by 2105 at least twenty properties could also be at risk. The harbour and Dolor car park are also at risk .

See past news items:
Easter News Fun Run 2010
Signs of Spring 2010
Christmas Swim 2009
Christmas Lights 2009
Local Businesses 2009
Bonfire Night 2009
Late August 2009
August 2009
July 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March Photos 2009


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