Coastal road in Somerset to stay closed ‘indefinitely’ before it ‘disappears’ into sea

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A road running along the coast in Somerset is staying closed indefinitely as it will eventually “disappear into the sea”. Somerset County Council said the road will stay shut as the land movement on the cliff is “terminal”. open image in gallery Other parts of England are Councillor Mike Rigby, Somerset Council’s lead member for transport and digital, said: “The situation with land movement in this part of the cliff is terminal, eventually the road is going to disappear into the sea. “There are a couple of options laid out by our engineering experts which could potentially save the road but we have to be clear, these would be a significant in terms of undertaking and scale and with a price tag running into the many millions.” open image in gallery The end of a tarmac road shows the devastation caused by coastal erosion of the cliff face in the village of Happisburgh, Norfolk in 2019 It comes as it was announced last year that two coastal communities would receive a £36m cash injection to boost local trials of innovative ways to adapt to the effects of erosion.