Two 'huge' excavators will be given police escort to Hengistbury Head tomorrow to help with work on the long groyne.
BCP Council have stated that police escort will be given to two 110 ton excavators on March 21 on their way to help repair and upgrade the long groyne at Hengistbury Head.
Due to the size of the diggers, they will arrive in parts to then be constructed on site.
BCP Council on Facebook said: "Once offloaded, these huge machines will be constructed in a temporary compound in the Hengistbury Head main car park before being tracked across to the beach via Double Dykes, and along the shoreline to the Long Groyne between Friday and Saturday.
"The 110 ton excavators provide the specialist machinery needed to move the rock armour that's enabling the repair and upgrade of the Long Groyne. This will take place from April-October 2024."
A temporary pathway is being laid to protect the ground with the route also temporarily fenced.
BCP started on-site preparations to upgrade the groyne on March 22 and will take place until October.
First built in 1939, the groyne was surrounded in rock until the late 80s after concrete repairs were done in the 1960s.
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