beach reclamation project (photos)

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by sun seekers

Playa.info flag??? Playa info talking key chain???
PLaya info frisbee??? playa info lanyard???

we gotlots of work to do....

Hey guys I can do all of that except for the talking keychain(it's possible).
Of course we have to get C4 clearence thru KING JAMES???
I can make my ASI dept. print something up free of charge for us die hard
PLAYAINFO FOLKS.

[saxman]

Originally Posted by mckinzie

Hey guys I can do all of that except for the talking keychain(it's possible). I can make my ASI dept. print something up free of charge for us die hard
PLAYAINFO FOLKS.

Its hard enough getting any work done at work with only 29 days until my next trip . That's all I need is the constant reminder of PDC on a lanyard around my neck..........

[cuffedlinks]

Originally Posted by Sue

How long will the nets and scaffolding be there?

Sometimes you have to stop and think a bit when someone puts a post up that is actually ON TOPIC when we've so blatantly LEFT the TOPIC quite some time ago...

Thanks Sue!

But seriously....any body got a FLAG?

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

Sometimes you have to stop and think a bit when someone puts a post up that is actually ON TOPIC when we've so blatantly LEFT the TOPIC quite some time ago...

Thanks Sue!

But seriously....any body got a FLAG?

Seriously Cuff
what kind of flag?

[Sue]

You're welcome!

But seriously, anyone got the answer to my question?

I'm thinking of coming in June to the Pelicano, and as much as I appreciate this project, I'd think it might be kind of a bummer to have this equipment as part of the landscape. I'm honestly not trying to be a jerk about it. It's just that I haven't been back to Playa for two years now, and since I can only come for a week, I'd like everything to be as PERFECT as possible.

[tommy]

Originally Posted by mckinzie

Hey guys I can do all of that except for the talking keychain(it's possible).
Of course we have to get C4 clearence thru KING JAMES???
I can make my ASI dept. print something up free of charge for us die hard
PLAYAINFO FOLKS.

I found the talking key chains and we can have them say what we want..and we can put the logo on ther but they are pricey...

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by sun seekers

I found the talking key chains and we can have them say what we want..and we can put the logo on ther but they are pricey...

Hey Tommy we better move this conversation to the OFF TOPICTHREAD
before we get yelled at.

[tommy]

its related to playa info isnt it??????

[Critter]

Sue, they will be there until:
1. The sand covers them (not likely)
2. A storm washes them away (probable)
3. Enough sand has been captured (also probable)

[Sue]

Thanks, Critter.

I sure am having fun with these new smilies!

[ryberg]

Well I believe the idea is to sink them in further, you see, to assist the (new, incoming) sand in making them invisible. I think it's fairly safe to assume that leaving posts sticking a few feet up and out of the water isn't the idea.

Of course, you never know what bureaucrats might come up with, either...

Steve

[1lostmaya]

Interesting project and pictures. There must be some money and politics involved. Over the past 15 years I've seen the beach come and go. MY OPINION. It's not nice to play with mother nature (nor usually succesful).

1LM

[ryberg]

Reviving this thread with some new info from this morning.

A representative of the Real Group hotels was working along with two men from the States on the line of poles + net nearest to us on the north side, in front of the Alhambra. The American men were with BRL: Beach Reclamation (A Georgia LLC), according to the logos on their caps, and informed me that this is actually a project being run by the hotel association, which a GPR representative is currently chairing (thus indicating that this must be the association consisting mostly of larger hotels, the Asociación de Hoteles de la Riviera Maya, as opposed to the small hotel association, which also exists here). So although it has all been approved by the city, it is not accurate to say that it is a city project.

The BRL reps informed me that the idea was to leave the poles and nets in place until a sufficient amount of sound had been recouped -- one mentioned 6 feet (meaning vertically), which evidently referred to some measuring point at present beyond the water's edge -- and said that they had already been seeing remarkable increases toward that goal. Then when things were deemed finished, they would simply lift all poles and nets out of the water and go home, leaving behind a 1-year guarantee, subject of course to acts of nature, etc.

When I told him I'd been on the same spot a couple of years ago and watched hurricane Isidore take away several feet vertically of sand and throw waves into my restaurant, and asked him what would happen then, the same rep said, "You ask a very good question." But he smiled and proceeded to tell me that they are leaving behind plans in digital format showing the precise location of every hole they put in place and are also training the GPR rep I saw such that a team here would have both the info and the expertise to simply reinsert said poles and nets as long as necessary until the sand was again recouped.

So there you have it. Hope this is somehow enlightening!

best,

Steve

p.s. The beach does look better right now than it did around Easter. We have virtually no rocks in our section at all, and the fluffiness factor of the stretch nearest the water is definitely way up, as well.

[jtm1631]

Thanks for the update Steve. Looking forward to sitting on your beach starting on Saturday.

Originally Posted by ryberg

and the fluffiness factor of the stretch nearest the water is definitely way up, as well.

By the way, is the fluffiness factor some type of techinical term you learned from the BRL reps?

JT

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by jtm1631

...is the fluffiness factor some type of techinical term you learned from the BRL reps?

That's correct, yes.

Steve