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Published:
February 13, 2009
Airborne
beach study on coastal erosion in Burnham-On-Sea begins
A
survey airplane swept over Burnham-On-Sea's beach on Thursday
afternoon (February 12th) as it carried out a study on erosion
in Bridgwater Bay.
The
twin-engine aircraft performed several sweeps of the bay over
the course of 15 minutes as it gathered data about the area's
shifting mud and sands.
Alison
Matthews from Geomatics, the company that is undertaking the work
on behalf of the Environment Agency, told Burnham-On-Sea.com:
"The plane has this week been collecting data about the shape
of the beach as part of a five-year project studying Britain's
changing coastline."
"We're
working with the Environment Agency as part of their coastal programme
and will be carrying out regular sweeps of Bridgwater Bay using
this airplane over the coming years."
Our
photos show the survey plane performing sweeps over Burnham on
Thursday
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