Construction Updates
Construction Complete
The Forton Coastal Defence Scheme has now reached completion, providing better protection and reduced flood risk to over 200 homes and 16 businesses as well as an area of St Vincent College.
Click here to see the Gosport Borough Council Press Release.
Following the River Hamble to Portchester Strategy, the end of Forton Lake was highlighted as one of three priority areas for a flood scheme.
Since the strategy, a design has been developed, with a reinforced concrete wall and floodboards as the proposed defence for this area. The defences are designed to protect against a 1 in 100 year until 2060 (this is a 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP), which means a flood of such magnitude has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year).
The project is now at a stage where construction can be expected to commence in spring 2024, providing protection for 211 residential and 16 commercial properties from coastal flood risk.