People living along a low-lying and exposed section of Norfolk’s coast have been told they will not be “abandoned”, amid uncertainty over the future of the sea defences. The Environment Agency (EA) has sought to reassure locals living on the shore of the Wash between Hunstanton and Wolferton while it conducts a review of its shoreline management plan. It comes after the agency announced last year it was conducting tests on a shingle ridge which acts as a defence for a large swathe of land, after its monitoring systems detected movement that could hamper its effectiveness. The assessment will d…
