A new beach consisting of one million tonnes of imported sand has been created in north Wales, with locals even comparing it to the French Riviera. Work has been taking place in Rhos on Sea for two months, as pumps have driven sand-laden seawater towards the town’s sea wall.
The result has been the steady building of a beach 16ft higher than the one that existed previously and was always covered by high tide. This new beach is part of a £20 million sea defence that's funded by the Welsh Government Coast Risk Management Programme, which also includes controversial plans to introduce a one-way system on Rhos on Sea's promenade, North Wales Live reports.
Just three machinery workers laid the beach, which has been made up of one million tonnes of sand, sucked from a dredging site in Liverpool Bay. The site was picked due to its sand having a similar grading to that at Rhos on Sea. The sand and seawater mix was then sent along a 1km pipe from a dredger moored offshore to the emerging beach.
