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Last Updated: Saturday, 10 December 2005, 10:32 GMT
In Pictures: Flood defences

Abererch costal defence project

Sand dunes protecting the Cambrian railway line are strengthened

The 4.5m long plastic piles are 'vibrated' into the ground with this machine

The plastic sheet piles will be cased in wood when the work is finished

One of the flood gates on the Afon Erch has already been replaced - work has to be timed around the tide





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