Construction was reported on 14 October 2026 as beginning on a £19.8 million Environment Agency scheme to protect Torcross from further storm damage, following storms in January and February 2026. The scheme calls for almost 90,000 tons of new rock armour on the shoreline frontage to reduce wave energy reaching the shore, along with reinstatement of damaged car park defences and an extended slipway.

The agency said all necessary consents and licences had been secured from the Marine Management Organisation and the Local Planning Authority after consultation including Natural England. A first rock delivery by barge was expected the following week, weather permitting. Just under 60,000 tonnes were to arrive by sea and a further 30,000 tonnes of smaller material by road. Kier Infrastructure was appointed to deliver the works.

Shipments were scheduled between mid-October and early December 2026, with road deliveries continuing to the end of January 2027 and installation from October 2026 to April 2027, subject to weather and operational factors. Funding came from the agency's existing Investment Programme budget, separate from A379 road funding.