![]() ![]() Dredging at Lyme Regis will be completed by 24 March. ![]() The dredging equipment will arrive at West Bay on 28 February, offloaded and then towed to Lyme Regis where dredging will start a few days later to coincide with a Spring Tide. But swimming is discouraged due to the potential for allergic reactions due to these particles. The colour of the sea will change due to the disruption of the seabed with sand particles suspended in the water. These tests showed that there was no Escherichia Coli (e-coli) or Intestinal Enterococci in the water because of the dredging and excavating activity. Last year dredging happened later in the year when the Environment Agency were carrying out their routine sea water quality tests (between May and October). But to make sure the beauty of our beaches isn’t affected this dredged sand is placed beneath a layer of the sand that is already there, which we have moved aside for this purpose. Once exposed to the air it returns to its normal colour. The colour of the dredged sand is often darker in colour due to the lack of exposure to oxygen on the seabed. ![]() Dorset Council is monitoring nearby reefs as part of the dredging regime to make sure these actions do not damage locally more sensitive habitats.ĭuring the work areas of the beach will be fenced off for safety due to the machinery being used. The area being dredged is a very busy area and doesn’t contain any habitats of note for local marine plants and animals. Every year the accumulated sediment that has deposited over the last twelve months is removed from the navigational channels and used to build up the local beaches. ![]() Harbours can suffer from sediment deposits either from rivers or from the natural action of waves on beaches. Harbours provide safe mooring and launching facilities for small boats and are important refuges along the Dorset coast for any vessels at sea that may be in difficulties. Dredging to maintain the harbours navigational channels will take place between 28 February and 21 April. ![]()
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