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Environment Agency sign at the end of Climping Beach by Poole Place. The main text reads:

"The long term plan for Littlehampton Harbour to Poole Place is to allow the coastline to realign to a more naturally functioning system, whilst continuing to provide flood defence to the large hinterland floodplain.

Currently there is a reactive "patch and repair" approach to maintenance of the beach at Climping with many timber groynes and structures now reaching the end of their life. When these are no longer functioning effectively and are assessed to pose a risk to public safety they are removed.

There are limited public funds available to spend on maintenance activities at Climping Beach and at some point in the future the costs of maintaining the beach will exceed the spend that can be justified under government rules. The available funds are being used to make the beach as resilient as possible by prolonging the life of assets and through beach recycling activities.

The set-back shingle banks constructed through beach recycling activities have been placed landwards of the previous defences. Placing the shingle in this landward position is more sustainable allowing the beach space to change, consequently waves lose more energy as they travel up the beach and cause less damage.

The shingle banks have been placed to reduce flood risk and are not designed for pedestrian or vehicle access."