Above Llandudno when it flooded. You really could not make this up, the rocks that were placed as a sea defense due to rising sea levels are to be removed for sand!
This has nothing to do with tourism as the town has claimed it has recovered well and is doing fine, what it has to do with are moaners and OAPS who look out of all their flats on the prom and want sand!
You can't park in Llandudno now, so how is making the beach a more attractive experience with sand going to help?
Also, the sand blows everywhere and with no sea wall, the cleanup is very expensive all the time.
What needs to happen is a full sea wall needs to be built ready for rising sea levels, and winging locals should have no say in the matter.
If the town is due to flood it needs more than sand to stop it and these backward-thinking people will soon be moaning when they get flooded.
And what about the cost of all the being done?
Yes, we are nearly in a recession, but let's waste money on a sandy beach! Tragic, just tragic.
Below the predicted rising of sea levels
A resort that lost its main beach in flood defense work eight years ago has moved a step closer to bringing sand back. Llandudno is Wales's largest resort but in 2014 rocks were piled onto its North Shore beach to protect seafront hotels against flooding.
Conwy Council commissioned (engineering firm) AECOM to produce a beach management plan that would support the proposal to improve the town’s North and West Shores - with a range of options brought forward in a step to bidding for part of a £150m Welsh Government fund for coastal risk management. The cheapest option is around £7m but would leave the rocks in place while returning sand to the beach would cost around £24m.
Conwy County Borough Council leaders backed the more expensive plan last year. Now the outline business case has been approved by Welsh Government.
This does not guarantee sand will return but Conwy can now draw up a full business case to press for the funding. Ground investigations will start shortly and a public consultation take place later this year. While the sand option is more expensive a sandy beach would give the resort a major economic boost as it bounces back from the pandemic.
Aberconwy MS Janet Finch-Saunders, who has been pushing for a return of sand since 2014, said: "Since the dumping of quarry rocks in 2014 I have worked tirelessly with stakeholders, local businesses, and residents to see our fabulous North Shore beach returned to its former glory
"Given this, I am truly delighted to see that positive progress has been made to see these stones removed. I would like to commend the professionalism and efforts of the officers within the Environment, Roads, and Facilities department, led by Mr. Geraint Edwards who have worked so hard to put this case together.
"I would also like to thank the previous Cabinet of Conwy County Borough Council for their hard work on this matter. And I would encourage the new local authority cabinet to continue to fight for the return of sand to this beach with the same energy and vigor. We cannot afford to waste another minute in seeing these rocks removed and sand returned to this fantastic beach."
A spokesperson for Conwy council said: "The outline business case has been approved by Welsh Government. We are now working on the detail needed for the full business case, advancing the concept designs for the various options in the outline business case. We will be working on ground investigations and holding a public consultation later this year."
From ..https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/llandudno-lost-sandy-beach-shore-24249413
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