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Will Borth become a mecca for surfers?

MULTI-MILLION pound plans for new coastal defences at Borth are the most important development in the village for decades, community councillors have said.

And after backing the plan for the first phase of work to include new rock groynes and breakwaters, as well as future plans for an off-shore artificial reef, members of Ceredigion’s planning committee said the scheme was vital to protect the village.

It is also hoped the new artificial reef will turn Borth into a tourist mecca for surfers.

The application will be approved once all consultation responses and assessments have been completed after councillors dismissed objections claiming the works could damage protected conservation areas nearby and would restrict the public from using the beach. There were also complaints that replacing timber groynes with rock ones would be less attractive.

Pictured are Ross King of Borth with Rhodri Llwyd - Coast and Rivers Engineer with Ceredigion County Council and Larisa Soldhtova of Borth, at the public exhibition earlier this summer

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