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    Policies - Shoreline Management Plans

    Monitoring

    Monitoring of the coastline and the natural processes influencing it is fundamental to future understanding and hence planning the management of the shoreline. The need for a structured monitoring programme is recognised in the SMPs and the basis of such a programme is now in place in many areas. The information obtained from regular monitoring also provides for thresholds to be defined for actions.

    There are a number of elements to be considered in any monitoring programme, based upon what needs to be known and how it can be established. The basic needs are:

    - the condition of defences;
    - the behaviour and condition of foreshore in front of them;
    - coastal process forcing parameters and changes resulting
    - environmental data related to defence proposals and completed works.

    The following activities are currently carried out:

    - Regular visual inspection of coastal defences and shoreline features;
    - Regular beach profiles across the whole Sefton foreshore;
    - Regular monitoring of the dune front position around Formby Point;
    - Regular shore vegetation surveys from Birkdale to Southport;
    - Monitoring of salt marshes in the Ribble Estuary ;
    - Regular recording of tidal levels Seaforth, Alt and Crossens ;
    - Vertical air photography typically at 2-year intervals;
    - Regular weather monitoring at Crosby and Squires Gate (Met Office);
    - Collection of physical / environmental data by Sandwinning licensee;
    - Monitoring of bird populations, Ribble & Alt Estuaries SPA .


    		  
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