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| Balfour Beatty awarded coastal defense projects  Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces the award of two UK coastal defence contracts totalling £73 million for Blackpool Council and Wyre Council.The £20 million Anchorsholme Scheme for Blackpool Council and the £53 million Rossall Scheme for Wyre Council will replace over 2.9km of the original 1930's seawalls as part of the promenade renewal and beach management projects. Works on both contracts will commence on site this winter with completion for Anchorsholme in summer 2015 and completion for Rossall in the summer of 2017. Both schemes will be predominantly funded by the Environment Agency. They form part of the wider Fylde Peninsula Coastal Programme which aims to protect properties from flooding and regenerate parkland areas for local community use. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |