Environment Agency Notice

This webpage’s content is produced by the Environment Agency and kindly hosted by the Castle Point Borough Council - This page will be updated by the project between April to September 2025 only

Programme of Works and construction

Details of the construction are explained in more depth within the PDF documents at the bottom of this page and key aspects are summarised below:

Working hours

Duration of project: the construction will take an anticipated two and half years 

Working hours on low-tide: revetment works are fitted into the low-tide window, hence they take place over an approximate 5-hour period, anywhere between 6am-10pm. Detailed timetable is included in each mothly newsletter below. 

Working hours on landward side: construction works on the landward side of the sea wall to take place in regular working hours (8am-6pm Monday to Friday)

Factors affecting phased delivery of two construction teams' work: 

  • Benfleet and Southend Marshes at the eastern end of the project’s extent, which is an internationally important site for habitat and wildlife and is designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and Ramsar (a Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention)
  • The western end of the project area contains a very well used public amenity front with beach areas, tidal pools and a host of amenity features and services.
  • Archaeological fieldwork may also be required to mitigate impacts on any buried archaeological remains within the foreshore
  • A main compound, required for duration of the works, to be located at the end of Eastern Esplanade.
  • Satellite compounds will be required for much shorter durations. Three of these sites will be away from the main compound, at Western Esplanade, Eastern Esplanade car park and Beveland Road respectively

Video of key aspects of the project

The video below provides a computer simulated representation of the details and key aspects of the project, comparing with the existing site at certain locations along the frontage. Click on the photo for the video to play