Supplementary memorandum by the Lincolnshire
Coastal Action Zone (CAZ) Partnership (CT 45(d))
The LGA Coastal Special Interest Group (SIG)
welcome the ODPM Select Committee Inquiry into Coastal Towns.
In 2000 the SIG produced "on the edge . . . The Coastal Strategy"
which, among the physical challenges of the coast, highlighted
the social and economic problems faced by many coastal communities.
Over the past 18 months the Coastal SIG has
supported the efforts of the Lincolnshire Coastal Action Zone
partnership to raise national awareness of the conditions of coastal
towns and to lobby for new methods of addressing coastal deprivation.
The Coastal SIG wish to maintain that support
for the work of the Lincolnshire CAZ by endorsing the attached
written response to the Select Committee Inquiry. We particularly
support the need for a National Coastal Regeneration Strategy
for seaside communities. Such a strategy we consider would reinforce
the socio-economic aspects of the SIG's "Coastal Strategy"
and promote a more joined-up approach to dealing with coastal
deprivation.
The Coastal SIG will not be making representations
directly to the Select Committee but would stress that all the
issues raised by Lincolnshire CAZ are those which the SIG would
highlight and support.
Councillor G W Allanson
Chairman of LGA Special Interest Group Coastal Issues
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