Cancun Beach Project UpdatePosted on Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Here is the latest information on the upcoming beach project soon to take place in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Cozumel. In Cancun, the project will restore 12.27 kilometers of shoreline between Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc and is due to begin on September 1. In a change from the 2006 project, this time it appears that pumping will begin at Punta Cancun and the dredging company will work from north to south. The sand will be dredged from sandbanks at La Ollita between Isla Mujeres and Contoy and from the area of Punta Norte in Cozumel and will be pumped on to the beaches and leveled. Some of the sand will be reserved for areas that are currently submerged in order to reduce the slope of the beach and reduce future erosion.
The project also calls for the construction of a concrete barrier to protect the beaches from erosion. Located between the coast and Islote Golondrinas, a tiny islet off Punta Cancun, the breakwater will be approximately 304 meters long and will weigh around 16,245 tons.
The Cancun component of the project will cost $650 million pesos and includes inspections and maintenance for ten years. In contrast, officials now acknowledge that the 2006 Cancun beach initiative failed due to inadequate monitoring and erosion studies after dredging took place.
In other news, when asked about the project and the fact that it is taking place during sea turtle season, Graciela Saldana, Director of Ecology for Cancun and Coordinator of the annual Cancun Turtle Conservation campaign, said that pumping should take place in daylight hours to minimize the impact on the sea turtles that come ashore at night to nest on area beaches.
As more details about this important project are released by the authorities we will do our best to keep you informed by publishing updates in Royal Resorts News.
Source: Semarnat, Noticaribe
March 11th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Dear Susan: Thank you for writing to Royal Resorts News. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. I had to check with the Resort Manager at the tri-resort complex. The security staff are now taking measurements of the beaches at all the hotels and resorts along the Cancun shoreline, statistics that will form part of the monitoring and maintenance studies slated to begin this year. It does appear that the beach is somewhat narrower at The Royal Islander at the moment. I don’t know why this is the case, we would have to ask an expert, factors such as the coastal profile, depth, wave action, currents and wind strength may all play their part. When calm conditions prevail, sand that may have been churned up by wind and waves is deposited again and the However, I think that you will find that the beaches are still wide enough for you to enjoy to the full when you come down.
March 5th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Good Morning,
Will be staying at the Islander and the Caribbean in April. The pictures of the beaches are amazing. Please tell me why the Sands beach is so much wider then the beaches at the Royal Mayan,Caribbean and Islander. I would love our beaches to be as wide as the Sands.
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Dear Joe: I am glad that you enjoyed your vacation. Thank you for your comments about the Beach Brigade, I have passed them on to the Resort Manager. You may like to know that all staff, regardless of their area, do one stint of beach cleaning each month.