The Celina Atlantic Resort building violates the Sea Defence Act and permission for its construction should not have been granted, according to former Chief Hydraulics Officer and Specialist Engineer for Sea Defences Malcolm Alli.
Alli, in an e-mail, told Stabroek News that he had designed and built the section of the sea defence in 1968, following massive erosion of the foreshore.
He explained that where Celina sits, to the north of the seawall next to the Kitty Pump Station, was the grouted boulder slope,
