Beach restoration

[blainer]

Is there anyone there that can confirm if the beach restoration has begun? I have noticed on the Playa Palms webcam it looks like some pipes are heading out to sea, and on the Grand porto webcam ther is a caterpiller moving sand around.

[mayaplayagrandma]

Originally Posted by blainer

Is there anyone there that can confirm if the beach restoration has begun? I have noticed on the Playa Palms webcam it looks like some pipes are heading out to sea, and on the Grand porto webcam ther is a caterpiller moving sand around.

it has started-at the Porto Real-a real mess right now! Hopefully John or someone can get some pictures posted.

[John]

I will try to get some photos tomorrow - hopefully it'll be sunny and warm, unlike today.

[John]

Here are some pictures of the beach restoration in Playa del Carmen, today, Sunday, January 10, 2010.

Although it was a Sunday, there were plenty of workers out doing surveys and other work related to the restoration project.

Looking South from the pier at Constituyentes:





Looking North from the pier at Constituyentes, there is a fair amount of beach heading up North:



Looking North from Calle 16:




Looking South from Calle 16:

[John]

Jurgen, from Mom's Bar (fan page on Facebook), took some pictures of the beach restoration yesterday at Zenzi Beach. Here are a few of the photos, re-posted with permission.

[Babaloo]

This is from my walk today - Sunday, the 17th

YouTube - Playa del Carmen Beach Reclamation -...

[Tie-Dye Guy]

Awsome,awsome video

[Francis]

That wasn't taken from Zenzi. It looks like Jurgen was at El Faro when he took that picture. Nice view.

[Token Limey]

I was in Cancun around a month ago and they were working on the beach reconstruction then - same deal with the 1meter diameter pipeline pumping a mix of sand and water from the offshore boat.

It added around 200feet of beach (or more) to the part of Cancun beach that i was at. The only problem is that around a week ago when i went back i took some more pictures and the sea had already begun eroding the new layers of sand. As the new sand is highly compacted together it resulted in sand-cliffs around 8 feet high ! Hopefully this won't happen here after the beach reconstruction has finished.

Take a look at these shots of Cancun beach from around a week or two ago. This was about 2 or 3 weeks AFTER the beach reconstruction there had been completed :

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Babaloo

This is from my walk today - Sunday, the 17th

YouTube - Playa del Carmen Beach Reclamation - 01-17-10

when do expect to be finished? how is it affecting Fusion, Bad Boys and the rest?

[Libby]

Originally Posted by Bob

when do expect to be finished? how is it affecting Fusion, Bad Boys and the rest?

The work is supposed to take 2-3 weeks. I don't know what the official start date was, but I believe they've been working on it for about a week or so.

[Bob]

Thanks Libby! How are the beach bars doing? We will back for our 4th year in a row. A month this time starting Feb. 1. Sounds like pretty good timing.

[Token Limey]

Originally Posted by Bob

how is it affecting Fusion, Bad Boys and the rest?

Bad Boys has had to be closed Sunday and monday but i believe it is scheduled to be open again tomorrow (tues).

[PlayaCountryBoy]

The main beach of Playa del Carmen, Mexico has and will be closed for all people and boats for a few more days. This news report shows a hired Dutch company extending the beacxh up 60ft in some places thus giving Playa peeps alot more beach to enjoy. Have a look here and see how they do it.

YouTube - FDTV Beach report.mpg

[Michele]

Thanks Jason!!

[John]

Jason, you have a great "reporter" voice. I look forward to more reports from FDTV.

[SUNBABY]

Can they keep all the boats from the beach forever?

[susango]

Do you know why they chose a dutch company? Is the skillset available in MX or was it cheaper from the Dutch?

[Babaloo]

Originally Posted by susango

Do you know why they chose a dutch company? Is the skillset available in MX or was it cheaper from the Dutch?

The Dutch...actually Belgian (Jan de Nul) have the equipment but they are in partnership with their Mexican subsidiary (Dragados)

[Token Limey]

In cancun the beach was extended up to about 200feet. I'm not sure it will be that wide here, but i've a feeling it may be quite a bit more than 60feet, just judging on what happened in cancun.