Under the foundations of a 17-story apartment building, engineers are urgently examining the source of a landslide on the banks of the River Avon.
The large slippage is located in the same region as the unfinished skyscraper construction Clarion House Boat Yard.
As a result of the significant slippage, plants and trees have shifted towards the river, revealing bare dirt and power cables.
Other photographs depict a wide fissure running across the ruin, which may suggest a subsequent landslide.
Bristol City Council and Clarion Housing are both monitoring the incident, with the developers assuring anxious neighbors that the tower block is unaffected.
A landslide has occurred near a new 17-story complex along the river Avon’s banks.
Bristol City Council and Clarion Housing have dispatched engineers to evaluate the landslide.
The new constructions will overlook the River Avon, which flows through the city.
The Boat Yard development has been under construction for over a year in the city and offers “an exciting new development of one, two, and three bedroom apartments with views of the River Avon.”
The prices for the apartments have not yet been made public, but the developers have stated that it will be “a popular new residential destination in Bristol, and an ideal option for your shared ownership home.”
A spokesman for Clarion Housing Association stated, ‘We are aware of the problem at Totterdown Bridge and have already dispatched an engineer to examine further.
The engineer has certified that our location has not been impacted by the recent displacement of the river bank.
Meanwhile, the council stated, “We are aware of the situation and will dispatch a bridge inspector to the location today to conduct an inspection and assess any threat to the roadway.”
It follows a week in which experts warned that £600 million worth of property would be lost to coastal erosion by the end of the century.
More than 20 vulnerable villages and hamlets were analyzed to predict the amount of coastline that could be lost if present policies regarding whether to defend, withdraw, or abandon sections of coast are adhered to.
Using pricing from the real estate website Rightmove, the analysis conducted by the climate action group One Home calculated that the damage to properties was worth $584,000,000.
It is anticipated that more than 2,200 dwellings would be gone by the year 2100.
Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, East Yorkshire, Essex, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, Norfolk, and Sussex are the most at-risk coastal settlements.
Angela Terry, chief executive officer of One Home, stated, “As global temperatures soar, sea levels are rising, causing larger waves to batter our coastline during severe storms.”
‘As a result of these irreversible alterations, certain cliff faces are falling rapidly.
We cannot divert the tide or create a wall along the entire coastline, so we must rapidly assist coastal towns in preparing for the inevitable harm.
According to victims of coastal erosion, they receive no compensation for the demolished property and only a pittance for any white goods they cannot take with them.
The first victims will be homeowners near the Holderness Coast.
Residents of East Yorkshire’s coastal communities claim they are not being compensated for their existing homes or for the construction of new ones.
Families forced to quit their collapsing seaside cliff dwellings and relocate further inland.
In addition, they must pay double council tax on their former home, even after it has been reduced to a shell, until it is demolished.
According to victims of coastal erosion, they receive no compensation for the demolished property and only a pittance for any white goods they cannot take with them.
Rollback is a council program that allows residents of the notoriously unstable Holderness Coast to transfer their homes further inland, away from the receding coastline.
Those who have applied for Rollback in the erosion hotspot community of Tunstall, however, claim that the process has so many flaws that it can turn into a multi-year planning struggle.
East Yorkshire Council stated, “We evaluate each rollback application on its own merits, using erosion monitoring data from engineers to determine the level of risk to the existing property and the suitability of the proposed rollback plot.”
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