Work on the fifth and final phase of the North Portsea Coastal Scheme is set to start in the first week of September along Ports Creek, the northern shore of Portsea Island on England’s south coast

The scheme is one of the largest local authority-led coastal flood defence projects in the UK and will help safeguard more than 4,000 homes and almost 500 businesses.

The North Portsea Coastal Scheme will also protect the historic Hilsea Lines, a series of fortifications built in the 18th and 19th centuries to protect the northern approach to the island.