Welcome to
the East Channel
   
 

The UK needs new sources of aggregates if we are to sustain our current lifestyles and provide for the needs of future generations.

Marine sand and gravel is an important part of a mix that also includes land-based aggregates plus ever increasing use of recycled and secondary materials.

With its existing dredging licences now depleted, the marine aggregate industry has identified significant new sources in the deeper waters of the eastern English Channel. The aim of this website is to keep all interested stakeholders up to date with progress in the permission and development stages and to provide access to environmental data.

OUR PROPOSALS
Why do ECA members need to extract aggregate from the eastern English Channel? And how are we proposing to satisfy that need?

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LIBRARY
Source the documentation that has been produced to ensure that the effects of dredging in the region are properly understood.

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NEWSLETTER  

NEW Dowload our November 2007 newsletter for a complete update.

newsletter  PDF (643 kb).

 
Update
Check latest progress with dredging applications and the start of work in some newly-permitted licence areas. (Voir en Français)

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Assessment
We recognise that it is important to understand the cumulative impacts of our proposals and have published a Regional Environmental Assessment.

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Monitoring

We have now published an interim report as part of our long term commitment to environmental monitoring and management of our activities in the east Channel.


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