4.5 - Slapton Management Flashcards
1
Q
Who are the stakeholders in Slapton?
A
- Whitley Wildlife Trust
- Natural England
- Environment Agency
- Devon County Council
- Slapton Line Partnership
- Local residents
2
Q
What are Devon Council responsible for?
A
- Providing funding for engineering work
- Both at Slapton and elsewhere
3
Q
What happened in 2001?
A
- Significant storms
- resulted in access to Torcross via A379 being cut
- beach receded by 5m
4
Q
Who is against holding the line at Slapton?
A
- Slapton Line Partnership
- were commissioned to come to a verdict regarding viability of holding line
- came to conclusion road will eventually fail anyway
5
Q
How much trade is due to tourism in Slapton?
A
- 50%
- possible due to A379 built on top of Slapton Bar
6
Q
What is of ecological importance at Slapton?
A
- Slapton Ley
- freshwater lagoon
- is an SSSI
7
Q
What is Slapton Bar?
A
- Shingle ridge moving inland at 0.3m/year
- due to marine transgression
8
Q
Why is Slapton Bar getting smaller?
A
- LSD is moving sediment further north
- inflow of sediment from south is smaller than taken by LSD
- net shrinking of bar
9
Q
What role does the Environment Agency play at Slapton?
A
- Provide flood defences and warnings for Torcross and Beesands
10
Q
What problem does Devon County Council have?
A
- road is very important to locals
- however science says that it’ll be eroded after a while
11
Q
What role does Whitley Wildlife trust play in Slapton?
A
- own the nature reserve
- leased to Field Studies Council
- manage reserve and provide environmental education
12
Q
Why is Slapton Bar important to the local ecosystem?
A
- ensures that Slapton Ley remains a freshwater lagoon
- if eroded will be contaminated by seawater
- may result in local ecosystems being damaged or destroyed as cannot adapt to salinity in short timescale
13
Q
How much damage was caused in the 2018 storms?
A
- £300,000 to realign the road again along bar
- £50,000 to maintain
