Sands of Time

As reported a few weeks ago, there has been a huge loss of sand at sections of the beach at Kingston. According to Roger Spencer, Principal Engineer for Arun District Council it would appear that the disappearing sands on our beach are not caused by dredging off the coast. Roger said the loss was due to the natural movement of the waves and could return at some time (as could glaciers).

The local Council had told Mr. Spencer that the beach had remained virtually unchanged over many years but had changed dramatically in the past two years which coincided with dredging out to sea.

But No! Roger says dredging has nothing to do with it.