Southsea Coastal Scheme in full swing

Around Southsea Castle, the units making up the terrace for the ‘Theatre of the Sea’ are really looking the part.

“So far we’ve installed 95 of 250 units. Near the Pyramids, work is going swimmingly on the rock groyne as we reach the halfway mark in installing geotextile, which is the base layer for the rock to sit on,” Southsea Coastal Scheme said in its latest update.

“We’re halfway through installing geotextile, which is the base layer for the rock to sit on. This layer stabilises the rocks and prevents sediments rising and creating an unstable base.”

The work is done during low tides on a six-hours on, six-hours off shift pattern.

Once this layer is complete, they will start placing core material rock on top of this. The last step will be to install an armour layer.

The first layer of rocks will weigh in at 60-300kg, with the final armour layer being made of rocks between 2-4 tonnes.