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Forefront
Driving Change: Commissioner Walton on keeping Cayman safe
How do we make Cayman’s roads safer for everyone? With six road-traffic deaths this year, nearly 3,000 vehicle collisions and more than 200 DUI arrests, road safety remains a critical focus for Cayman heading into the holiday season.
On this season finale of Forefront, Police Commissioner Kurt Walton joins us live to discuss traffic trends, enforcement priorities, road-safety initiatives, and how community partnership and the 2026 policing budget will support prevention and stronger policing resources.
We also examine recent policing achievements, including crime-detection performance and illegal-firearm recoveries, and look at public-safety concerns in the Sister Islands and RCIPS efforts to support community confidence.
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Nothing in government budget to address Seven Mile Beach erosion
Chances of a beach-replenishment project on the severely eroded Seven Mile Beach stretch appear to hinge on private landowners driving the plan.
Government has not budgeted anything for the project over the next two years, and Sustainability Minister Katherine Ebanks-Wilks suggested last week that the National Coalition for Caymanians administration is hoping landowners on the impacted section of the beach will pay for the beach restoration.
She said a private-sector ‘foundation company’ involving landowners on the Seven Mile Beach waterfront was being established to lead the project and fund it. It is not clear who is involved or what funds have been committed at this stage. Ebanks-Wilks said government’s primary role initially would be in oversight and approvals for an expected coastal works application, while a steering group will be formed to liaise with private sector interests as the project progresses.
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