Kent Coastal Redoubt protected once again
A Napoleonic structure threatened after sea defences at the MOD’s Hythe Ranges were battered by the Christmas and New Year storms is now safe thanks to prompt action by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) staff.
Over the Christmas and New Year break, DIO’s Cinque Ports Training Area (CPTA) in Kent battled the elements and high tides and gale conditions threatened the sea defences at both Lydd and Hythe Ranges.
DIO surveyors alerted the Environment Agency to flooding danger posed by a breach in sea defences at Hythe. This allowed the agency to repair the damage and head off the
