SOUTHEND RISING
Follow us on social media
  • Home
  • Latest News
    • Your News
  • About Southend
    • Getting to Southend
    • Eating and sleeping
    • Useful links
  • Gallery
  • Publicity services
    • Advertise
    • Business Booster
  • Directory
    • Accounting and financial services
    • Automotive, travel and transport services
    • Business services
    • Design and print
    • Housing services
    • Entertainment and tourism
    • Health, hair and beauty
    • Hotels and accommodation
    • Insurance and legal services
    • Media, marketing and publishing
    • Mother and baby
    • Photography
    • Recruitment services
    • Restaurants, bars and clubs
    • Retail shopping
    • Trades
  • About us
    • Contact Us
    • Terms & Conditions

Shoebury East Beach could re-open this weekend

18/6/2014

0 Comments

 
SHOEBURY East Beach could reopen this weekend after a Military dig uncovered no more explosives.

Southend Council hopes to reopen the beach, which was closed after 13 mortar and arillery shells and a dozen machine guns were uncovered at the end of April, after the MoD finished a two-day survey of the area.

A joint statement from the council and MoD said: “During the recent two-day explosive ordnance reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Navy Southern Diving Group, 130 metallic items were excavated and classified, none were found to be ordnance or ordnance-related items.


“Two items of ordnance were found on the surface during a separate visual search. These were made safe through a controlled explosion and disposed of by the EOD team.

“Following this work, the Ministry of Defence provided the council with an assessment of the work and information to enable it to complete a risk assessment for the area of East Beach licensed from MOD.

“The council will now carry out its risk assessment and produce a programme of mitigation measures that will allow the beach to be re-opened as soon as practicable. Mitigation measures recommended by MOD and agreed by the council will include installation of permanent warning signs, marker buoys to identify the licensed area and additional awareness training of relevant resort and other council staff and contractors.


“To enable the beach to be re-opened quickly, we will be producing temporary signage ahead of the permanent measures being put in place. As soon as this signage is ready, the fences will be removed and the beach re-opened. The council anticipates this work will take place by the end of the week.

“There remains potential for ordnance to be found at East Beach in the future. However, we are content that, following the reconnaissance operation and with the mitigation measures that will be put in place, the risk will be appropriately managed. The public are reminded that surrounding MoD beaches remain out of bounds.”

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Send us your news

    Please send your press releases, photos and videos to news@southendrising.com

    RSS Feed




    Archives

    May 2022
    June 2020
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013

    Categories

    All
    Business
    Education And Training
    Education And Training
    Employment
    Housing
    Infrastructure
    Investment
    Leisure
    Regeneration
    Retail
    Sustainability
    Tourism
    Travel

    RSS Feed


    Southend Rising

    Promote Your Page Too
    Click to set custom HTML

Latest News

Your news



About Southend

Getting to Southend
Eating and Sleeping

Gallery
​
Useful links

Directory




PR services

Advertise​ 
​Business Booster

Jobs

Current vacancies
Advertise your vacancies

About Us

Contact Us
Terms and Conditions

© 2022 Southend Rising                                                                                                                                                                                                        Site by Amygdala Press