‘There is no great master plan’: anxiety as UK homes, roads and railways sink into the sea
Why this matters: environmental and climate reporting with long-term consequences.
Increasing coastal erosion has hit communities’ livelihoods and put lifestyles under threat. The remains of the road linking two towns in south Devon lie crumbled on the foreshore in a mess of tarmac, steel and concrete.The dramatic coastal road, known as the Slapton Line, has an environmentally protected freshwater lake on one side and the sea on the other, and links the towns of Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. But this year, winter storms demolished a section of the A road between Torcross and Slapton, which is at the frontline of rising sea levels and coastal erosion, fulfilling a destiny that was predicted more than 30 years ago, but that has not been prepared for. Continue reading...