Storm flood season begins: delays in coastal protection on islands

Von Kl Redaktion

The storm flood season on the Lower Saxony North Sea coast is just around the corner, and the final preparations for coastal protection are underway. Due to bad weather conditions, there are delays in the construction work on the construction work on the dune protection, such as the Lower Saxony state company for water management, coastal and nature conservation, especially on the East Frisian Islands of Langeoog and Wangerooge. Sand is currently being heaped up on Langeoog to compensate for a loss of the sand depots. For technical reasons, implementation has been delayed and work could even be postponed to the next year. So far, around 300,000 of planned 450,000 cubic meters of sand have been heaped up to protect the pirolatal dune.

There are also construction work on Wangerooge to strengthen the north-east dunes. The measures are also delayed here, but everything should be completed by the beginning of October. On the mainland, the deer increases and instinctes in the Krummhörn and Harlesiel have progressed well. In total, the Lower Saxony state government, together with the federal government, invests around 80 million euros in coastal protection, which is a record sum. Coastal protection is a common task of the federal and state governments, and the implementation of these investments is still running, such as www.merkur.de reported.