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Lyme Regis case study: Summary of problems
The Harbour to Cobb Gate
1. Drainage systems have many defects and some elements may fail completely within next 1 - 5 years.
2. Coastal slope inherently unstable with high probability of major reactivation within next 1- 5 years
3. Sea wall under threat from large-scale cliff failure
4. Area under threat from a breach in the Cobb
5. Sea wall being undermined
6. Beaches in long-term decline
7. Groynes and jetties deteriorating
8. Foreshore rock platform lowering and breaking up
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The Cobb, Lyme Regis
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