Coastal Zone Management Unit

ROCKLEY TO COCONUT COURT WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

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The Rockley to Coconut Court Waterfront Improvements project is the largest project within the Coastal Infrastructure Programme (CIP). It is also ranked the highest priority within the CIP and represents approximately half of the total construction budget. The construction budget for this project is US$9.2 million.

The project site stretches over a 1.2km length of coastline from Rockley Beach to just west of Sierra Hotel in Hastings, Christ Church. See Related Information on this page for an aerial view of the project site.

Project Objectives

The two primary objectives of the project were to provide:

Continuous public access along the shoreline; and
Enhanced beaches where feasible and appropriate.

These objectives were achieved while avoiding and mitigating any environmental or social impacts.

Project Design Components

The project was designed based on a headland-beach concept. Five headlands were constructed along the project site and beaches were created using a total of 12, 000 cubic metres of beach sand. An offshore breakwater and several spurs were also constructed. The prominent feature of the project is a 1.2km long boardwalk.

The boardwalk satisfies the objective to provide continuous public access along the shoreline and is an alternative to the current unsafe pedestrian access on Highway 7. The headlands have stepped outer edges and walkways that can be used by beach walkers to walk around each headland without ascending to the main boardwalk. The five enhanced or new beaches provide a significant increase in the beach amenity along this shoreline.

The Construction Phase

The project was constructed by Capital Signal Caribbean Limited (CSCL) between July 2007 and January 2009.

Construction was executed with entirely land-based equipment. The stepped revetment and stepped headlands consist of a combination of reinforced concrete, both cast-in-place and pre-cast, and rip-rap protection for the toe of the structures. Therefore only relatively small equipment such as trucks, excavators and track loaders were required.

A construction monitoring programme was developed and executed. It comprised water quality and beach profile monitoring.

Please see "Images: Construction" under Related Information for construction photographs.