Groynes

Mr Newman said the alternative to hard protection such as groynes was managed retreat proposed by the Regional Council, which was too expensive for residents and would "gut the area". ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the last half a century, successive administrations have employed a "hold-the-line" policy – defending the coast through the use of "hard" defences such as sea walls and groynes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Both villages were told by the government that their groynes and revetments were not going to be maintained, essentially putting their community at risk and turning their homes into worthless real estates. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the water directly ahead of us was a post to mark the end of the groynes that have been built into the sea to stop the coastline eroding and each morning a lone cormorant perched on the post, displayed its wings and then settled down for a rest. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It was discovered that the dog had been tied up between stones on the eastside of the groynes, a search was carried out in the surrounding area. ❋ Thatsnews (2009)

This morning a man who was walking his own dog at Llanelli Docks attempted to rescue another dog, which appeared to be trapped on the groynes, the tide at the time was rising. ❋ Thatsnews (2009)

The dog's owner is now reunited with the dog, the owner informed the Coastguard that the dog had gone missing and the Dyfed Powys Police are investigating the matter of the dog being tied to the groynes. ❋ Thatsnews (2009)

The problem with this is that in a lot of cases coastal erosion is worse downdrift because of shore fortification seawalls, groynes, revetments, etc. updrift. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They differ from groynes in that groynes are perpendicular to the beach. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One wonders if the term “climate ghetto” can also be ascribed to Kilnsea, or at least when it is walled-in completely by its own fortification, when its neighboring villages up and down the coast have eroded away so long ago and is now an island surrounded by concretized channels, levees, revetments, sea walls, and groynes. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It has been without any sea defence since 1991, when the groynes and revetment below the cliff were partly smashed in a storm and the rest removed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Attempts have been made to stabilize shorelines in the Seychelles by the installation of groynes, and in Mauritius by the use of rock-filled wire gabions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hard engineering measures are taken to protect the eroded beaches with seawalls and groynes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Attempts have been made to stabilize shorelines by the installation of groynes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The use of hard engineering structures – seawalls, groynes, revetments and breakwaters – is generally discouraged. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the absence of wetlands services it would be necessary to construct groynes and flood barriers to offset or mitigate coastal erosion and damage to infrastructure, the cost of which was used as a proxy for the value of coastal marsh and mangrove services. ❋ Unknown (2008)