Repairs are set to be carried out on coastal structures at Redcar which were damaged by storms earlier in the year after a councillor highlighted their poor condition.
Councillor Chris Jones said groynes on the beach at Redcar were in a “complete state of disrepair”.
Groynes are low lying wood, or sometimes concrete structures, which are built out into the sea and designed to keep coastal erosion in check by trapping sediment which otherwise would be subject to drift.
Cllr Jones said horizontal timbers were missing and the structures were “currently serving very little purpose and aren’t doing their job”.
Redcar and Cleveland Council said it had commissioned a beach management plan drawn up by external consultants, covering the area from South Gare, Redcar to Huntcliff, Saltburn, which highlighted a number of issues with the draft findings currently being considered.
An officer reply to Cllr Jones said: “We initiated this plan to be carried out due to the destructive weather and tidal events witnessed this winter period, which as you will be aware, included a number of named storms combined with easterly winds.”
The local council confirmed one section of groynes, whose location was described as Red Howles, required remedial action.
Meanwhile, repairs were also needed to the Dundas slipway, situated on the Esplanade at Redcar.
A spokesman for the council said: “A beach management plan is currently in draft form and the council are in a procurement exercise for a design and build contract for the repairs to the damaged slipway and groynes at Redcar.”
The council did not say what the required work would cost, nor what the timetable was for it to be completed.
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