{"id":5754,"date":"2024-10-23T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/further-falls-a-likelihood-expert-warns\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:38:04","slug":"further-falls-a-likelihood-expert-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/further-falls-a-likelihood-expert-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Further falls ‘a likelihood’ expert warns"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Material from two cliff falls has now pushed about 14 beach huts across the promenade<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Landslips that destroyed beach huts in Bournemouth will carry on “and become a more serious problem”, an expert has warned.<\/p>\n

Two landslips happened on 9 October and more recently on Saturday at Durley Chine, west of Bournemouth Pier.<\/p>\n

Geologist Alan Holiday said: “With climate change there is a real likelihood that the mass movement is likely to continue.”<\/p>\n

About 14 beach huts have been pushed forward across the promenade to the edge of the beach, which has been cordoned off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The landslip hit 14 beach huts at Durley Chine on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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Visiting the beach following Saturday’s collapse Mr Holiday, who is president of the Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG), said work to stabilise the cliffs would be “a serious drainage project”.<\/p>\n

He said it would mean “nailing into the geology” to keep it in place, which would likely cost “millions or even hundreds of millions to sort out”.<\/p>\n

“The problem extends from Poole to Hengistbury Head… further slumping could happen anywhere along there.<\/p>\n

“With climate change there is a real likelihood that this will continue and become a more serious problem.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologist Alan Holiday said unless you can stop water soaking into the rocks they are “going to continue slumping down”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Mr Holiday said: “The big problem is the amount of water that is going into the rocks – unless you can prevent water soaking into the rocks they are going to continue slumping down.<\/p>\n

“The soil layer is quite thin and the useful material for the plants is in the surface of the soil and not deeper down.”<\/p>\n

He said the material that makes up the cliffs “is not very strong” as it is only about 35-50 million years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fencing and warning signs have been put in place along a stretch of the promenade <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Saturday before the cliff material fell away visitors to the beach reported hearing loud cracking noises as tree and shrub roots ripped from the ground.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone footage of the fall also captured the moment a woman and her dog ran to the beach<\/a> as the landslip thrust the beach huts across the seafront path.<\/p>\n

The herd of about 50 goats that graze the steep cliffs between West Cliff and Southbourne in Bournemouth were not affected by the landslips and remain safe.<\/p>\n

Rangers who oversee a herd said: “No goats are currently housed in that enclosure. We’re keeping a close eye on our other enclosures.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rangers are keeping a close eye on nearby enclosures where a herd of goats which manage the vegetation are housed<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) experts and a Geotech engineer are carrying out investigations.<\/p>\n

An extended wire fence and warning signs have been put in place at the site of the landslips.<\/p>\n

The council said results from their inspections were expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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