Anti-erosion fences put back up in Angus after being swept away

Anti-erosion measures put in place at an Angus beauty spot this year have already been swept away.

Angus Council was forced to put fences back up at Montrose Beach following three days of stormy weather.

A spokeswoman said: “The fencing adjacent to the golf course was damaged in the recent storms. The fence is being re-erected and any fence debris will be removed at that time.”

The setback follows a public meeting on the future of the beach along Traill Drive and the golf links.

The meeting was addressed by engineer Walter Scott on behalf of the council, design engineer Peter Morton, Dundee University scientist Fraser Milne, and project member Mark Davidson.

Attendees were told the dune system and Montrose Golf Links are losing ground due to a “sediment deficit” by which material is swept outside of the natural system each year, hastened by winter storms.

The ideal solution, which was employed at Aberdeen in 2006, is to add sediment directly to the beach a beach recharge and monitor the results.

Hopes for this method lie in a “tracing” trial, about to start in association with Montrose Port Authority.