Re: Beach refurbished in 2012?
[Re: Marty]
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I agree with Noelle, and am thankful to the efforts to build sea walls. Some of these walls come at a high cost, others take hours of using all kinds of filler and scrap wood, conch shells. Whatever it takes to preserve the shoreline.
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Re: Beach refurbished in 2012?
[Re: Noelle]
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01/02/12 10:46 PM
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Noelle,
If I am not mistaken the $250,000 restoration was the cost to add beach to the eastern seafront, not the split which was refurbished in 2011.
We can all agree that maintaining the beachfront is critical to tourism on CC. The only way the shore can be naturally maintained is to replant the mangrove trees that were removed to create the artificial beach. The mangroves work to protect the shoreline of the south and northern parts of CC that have not been changed from their beautiful natural state yet remain intact. If we want palm tree lined beaches instead of mangroves it will come at a great price, whether that is via seawall or continuous replacement of beach sand.
Part of the erosion could be minimized by not raking the sea grass from the shore each day. Sand is removed with each raking and the seagrass helps to retain the sand.
Last edited by MikeD; 01/02/12 10:47 PM.
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