Seafront protection works in a town have continued amid strong waves and winds, which have helped bolster defences by dumping a large amount of protective shingle on the beach.
Work is being carried out along Worthing seafront to protect homes and businesses along the coast and in the town centre from flooding.
Large waves and high winds battering the town for the past fortnight have helped pile up shingle that forms a vital storm barrier.
Seafront crews have been working to shift boulders near the Lido and fix wooden groynes to help trap the shingle in place.
The work is part of a multi-million pound project led by the Environment Agency to reinforce Worthing's coastal defences from Seaview Road in the west to the town's border with Lancing in the east.
Repairs between the Pier and the Lido are nearly finished, and contractors are currently repairing timber groynes between the Lido and Seaview Road.
Engineers have buried large rocks at the landward end of rotten timber defences, meant to show only when storms erode the beach.
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Most of the major repairs in the current areas are due to finish by late February.
Work will then begin on the area between Denton Gardens and the Esplanade.
The works aim to extend the life of the timber groynes by up to ten years, during which time a long-term plan for the whole seafront can be developed.
The groynes are extended and strengthened by bolting new piles to the side of the existing ones.
Missing planks are then fixed to the newly extended piles and the tops are cut down to the correct height.
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