WORK will start at the end of April clearing sand and silts at Burry Port Marina.
The worst storms for many years have shipped more sands and silts into and at the entrance to the harbour, than for many years, and £35k has been budgeted for its removal.
Contract for the works is currently out to tender.
Harbour master Rory Dickinson said heavy storms in the first three months of the year had caused colossal movements of sand within the estuary.
“It is little surprise the harbour has become heavily silted because we have even had to bulldoze – almost daily at one stage – car parks at the North Dock, Llanelli, to keep them open.
“The harbour has suffered with effects of windblown and sand laden water pouring in.”
Mr Dickinson said they could only do limited work with the resources available.
The harbour was going to be drained for about a week depending on the weather and tides, to allow more work that usual to be undertaken at a time when tides were out during much of the daylight hours to maximise the effectiveness of machines being used.
Silts and sands removed from the harbour and its sand bank chocked entrance would be used to replenish nearby beaches.
The walls of the west pier or the harbour have also been repaired in the last few weeks as part of the coastal protection works following the storms.
Several holes appeared in the pier as large stones were moved by the tidal surges as old coastal concrete coating protection was eroded.
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