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Cayman Compass
Marriott gets green light to restore eroded beach
The Grand Cayman Marriott Resort has been granted permission to restore its storm-battered beach in a project that could serve as a test case for a much-wider response to erosion on Seven Mile Beach.
Government leaders approved the plans, which involve depositing up to 8,000 cubic yards of fresh sand on a stretch of shoreline fronting the hotel and two neighbouring properties, at a Cabinet meeting on 6 Aug.
The proposal includes placing two, 135-foot low-profile rock groynes on the shoreline to help prevent the sand from being swept away in future storms.
The resort has lost significant business because of the loss of sand along that stretch of coastline and has even had to stop branding itself as a ‘beach resort’.
