2002
Managed realignment
United Kingdom
Blackwater Estuary (Essex)
0.8456
51.7846
Mudflat
Saltmarsh
Transitional Grassland
84 Hectares
Improve Flood Protection
Habitat Creation
Create a More Natural Shoreline
Reduce Flood Protection Costs
This project involved a two-stage realignment with an initial regulated tidal exchange (in 1996) then being followed by open sea wall breaching (in 2002). As part of this scheme artificial creeks were dug.