10th March 2010

WEYMOUTH: Golden sands for the summer

WEYMOUTH’S famous golden sands are being spruced up ready for the summer season.

Sand on Weymouth beach is displaced by wind and rain during the winter months, so each year it must be levelled out in order to keep it in picture-perfect condition, a process which has just finished.

A council spokesman said: “Weymouth’s trademark golden sands are an important part of what makes our borough so special and the beach receives yearly attention in order to keep it in peak condition.

“People who see the team in operation during the levelling process often assume that sand is being delivered to the beach from elsewhere.

“However it is actually just being redistributed – we don’t import sand to Weymouth.

“This annual maintenance effort is part of the Council’s preparations to get Weymouth and Portland ready for the summer season.”