Work starts on upgrades to town's sea defences

Work to improve sea defences along a section of Kent's coast has begun.

The project in Herne Bay includes a new 80m-long (262.5ft) wall east of Neptune car park, two new floodgates, promenade resurfacing and refurbishment of hand railings on the seafront.

Work is expected to take 12 weeks and eight on-street parking bays in Central Parade will be out of use during that period.

Canterbury City Council said: "We will keep the promenade open to the public as much as we can and it should all be completed before the summer season kicks in, weather permitting."

The council said the wall was being built in yellow bricks with a stone coping to match the existing sea defence walls.

Almost £300,000 of Environment Agency funding had been secured by the council's engineering team to help pay for the project.

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