What is happening to Letitia Beach, south of the pumping jetty?
• The beach close to the pumping jetty has moved landward as an effect of the pumping operation. In fact the beach has moved about 90 metres landward from its position before pumping began in the area very close to the jetty and is now fairly stable. This local landward movement has spread southwards over time and tapers out smoothly along Letitia Beach to a point where there is no effect of the pumping system on the beach. Generally the effects of the pumping are confined to the beach area within one kilometre south of the pumping jetty. There is no effect at the Fingal end of the Spit, changes at Fingal Beach are a result of natural coastal processes. • The re-alignment of the beach landwards has caused the loss of some of the older vegetation at the back of the beach at the north and centre of Letitia Spit. It is possible that more vegetation could be lost as a result of storm erosion from time to time. This vegetation will be collected and taken away.
