Skefling

Year Implemented

2024

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Humber Estuary

Longitude

53.648838

Latitude

0.049384884

Habitat(s) Created
  • Mudflat

  • Saltmarsh

Size

175 Hectares

Why Undertaken
  • Biodiversity Enhancement

  • Compensation

  • Habitat Creation

Project Description Summary

This managed realignment scheme implemented as compensation for coastal squeeze effects in the Humber. It involves building a new inland embankment further inland and then breaching the old embankment at a single location.

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