WORK is underway on Rhos-on-Sea’s coast to improve the coastal defences and revitalise the adjacent promenade.

The £14million scheme will see the construction of a new rock groyne and approximately one million tonnes of sand to be deposited on the beach, which will sit in front of and add to the existing seawall to improve coastal defences.

Last month, a two kilometre cast iron pipeline, was dragged through the sand ahead of the dredging of the seabed, which was being undertaken this month.

Bulldozers adorn the Rhos-on-Sea beach as they shore up the sea wall, which the Council say will be increased by about five metres in height, using sand deposits from offshore dredging.

Off the coast, the 14,000-tonne hopper dredger the Willem Van Oranje is busy at work collecting enough deposit to build up the sea wall.

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The new rock groyne will use material from existing rock groyne structures and rock armour, which would otherwise be buried beneath the new beach.

Reusing this material reduces the cost of the project as there is no need to import more rock material.

Recently, a Conwy County Borough Council spokesperson said: “This sea defence work is essential to protect Rhos-on-Sea in the future.

“We’re importing the sand during the summer months because the work requires calm seas and we have to avoid the overwintering birds season.

“The promenade work will continue over the winter and we expect the whole scheme to be finished by spring 2023.”

Boskalis Westminster Ltd is doing the sand importation while Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd will carry out the promenade works.