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Should we allow parts of the coast to erode? Which parts should be protected?

Roger Edward Doran
I live at Felixstowe and these comments relate to Felixstowe.In my opinion the coastal errosion is caused by two main contributary factors !.Ship wake.and2.Dredging of aggrgates from the Shipwash Bank.1. it is amatter of fact that waves generated by ship wake is of a trochoidal shape as distinct from the wind generated wave whic are of a sinusiodal shape.It is amatter of fact that whilst all waves of whatever type are capable of causing erosion, trochoidal waves are much more destructive than sinusoidal waves due to the steeper angle of the wave face.As felixstowe is a port with many ship movements many by some of the worlds largest container ships,it follows that our beach is uner almost non stop onslaught by waves of this type.Interestingly the revenue from local taxation on the Port of Felixstowe does not get paid into the local district Council but is remmitted direct to Crntral Govt. thus depriving us of the wherwithal to pay for the repairs and remedial measures.It is in the financial interest of Central Goct. to starve the project of fundsand ignore the problem.on2. Ihave direct experience through having owned and operated inshore fishing boats that the of-lying banks have a dramatic effect on reducing the height of the swell which reaches our part of the coastline particularly when the wind lies in the north-east which is our most exposed quarter.The banks are continually being dredged for aggregates for which purpose the gravel companies have to purchase licencesfrom central Govt.The effect of the dredging is to reduce the height of the banks and allow more severe waves to reach the coastline.I feel that the local comunity is badly served in this by Central Govt. and it would be agood thing all round if they were exposede for the mealy mouthed hypocrites which they are inasmuch as they bleed resources from the locality but then refuse to pay to put right the damage their policies have caused.Roger Doran

diddy thsifart
I think there should be sea defences every where!

Dave P
Unfortunately, living on an island, we have to accept that coastal erosion is inevitable.

mike
doesnt tell you what sea defences are called

Kevin Cheetham
Sadly nothing is forever. Coastal erosion is part of the natural evolution of the earth, as is climate change. If we choose to build properties on the coast then we have to accept the consequences and not expect someone else to pay millions of pounds to bail us out.

Bernard Price
The Council sound so alarmed but people outside Felixstowe Should know (a) The same council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, gave planning permision to a developer to build housing on the seafront only yards from the spot where the promonade is crumbling away. (b) It is the council's own land GIVEN to the developer in exchange for some development of the seafront. (c) The planning permision requires flood prevention work hence the desperation to get the work done. (d) It is the same area that claimed so many lives in the floods of 1953 which our councilors said will only happen statistically one in 200 years.