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Lossiemouth sea wall stands firm amidst storms

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Moray Council hopes to begin work to clear the west beach car park at Lossiemouth of rubble by the weekend.

The storms which hit Moray at the beginning of last week left the area strewn with rocks which had been washed ashore with the high tide.

On the town’s East beach wooden breakwaters were demolished.

Earlier this year Lossiemouth’s £450,000 seawall was repaired and local residents say the sea wall has held during the recent spate of storms.

The wall near the leisure park was breached by heavy seas during stormy weather in December 2012. Nearby Station Park was left submerged after huge waves punched a large hole in the structure.

Former Moray councillor and Lossiemouth resident Joyce Stewart said: “It has occurred the last few times we have had floods the stones coming into the car park. It seems to be just the way the tide comes in and changes the structure of West beach.

“The seawall has been put to the test but it has held so far. The tenants were evacuated in the houses along the esplanade and the play park was flooded.”

The west beach car park is adjacent to the first fairway on Moray Golf Club.

Club treasurer Jim Anderson said: “With the bad storm last week the tide swept a lot of stones into the beach car park which no one has cleared up yet. The whole car park was flooded, a small two feet wall would be a simple solution.”

A Moray Council spokesman said: “The west beach car park is just one of many areas affected by last week’s storm and we are trying to clear up as many of these areas as we can with the resources we have. We should be in a position to tackle the west beach car park by the weekend.”