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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

'Huge and impractical': sand lost in storm could take two years to return

EROSION: Redhead Beach was pounded by storm events at the weekend with more wet weather to come this week. Photo: Supplied

A "HUGE and impractical" amount of sand would be needed to return Redhead Beach to pre-storm levels as the local council estimates it could take up to two years to return on its own.

Storms that battered the coast took tonnes of sand with them, and with more bad weather to come this week, there are no plans to truck sand in from elsewhere to combat erosion.

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