I'm surprised they were allowed to. One of the troubles at Blankenberg a few years ago was that they had to stop dredging for a while because they had previously dumped it at sea but EC rules didn't allow this.When they dredged Woolverstone a couple of winters back they were dumping the spoil pretty much anywhere, I wonder if they caught a lump as its low water.
I wonder if this was the time they got finedJust had a hunt through my pics............... I don't miss much! They choose where ever they fancied I think.View attachment 106312View attachment 106313
They come and dump at Mersea sometimes, although I have not seen them for a couple of yearsThe bigger suction dredger that comes and does the docks usually empties down in Buttermans bay which seems a much better idea. I think these guys were from Pool..... but I may have made that up.....
That was when the packing shed people had paid for spoil to bolster the southern end of packing shed island...They come and dump at Mersea sometimes, although I have not seen them for a couple of years
There were other times when mud was dumped near the entrance to the Tollesbury channel. Did the packing shed people pay for the spoil? I thought the spoil was just being dumped near the Tollesbury channel, and the Packing shed committee asked for it to be dumped on the southern end of Packing shed islandThat was when the packing shed people had paid for spoil to bolster the southern end of packing shed island...