Video: Storm damage repairs will exhaust the budget
ENVIRONMENT will run out of money to maintain sea defences as a result of the cost of repairing damage caused by recent storms, it has revealed.
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It also warned that there will be more costs to come as some areas, such as the damage to the wall at Fermain, require further investigation.
And with a further nine tides above 9.5 metres yet to come this year, the situation looks dire for the department's annual coastal defence budget of £77,000.
'The costs of coastal defence repairs from the repairs undertaken following the new year 10-metre tides and strong winds is approximately £40,000. Some work at Saints Bay is still to be completed,' a spokesman said.
