There is no short-term solution to mitigate future overtopping of the seawall along the Kitty to Liliendaal stretch of the coast with likely solutions costly and rising sea levels adding another dimension to the threat, according to coastal engineers who said that the authorities face a formidable task.
That area is also likely to experience a prolonged period of erosion due to a natural cycle with stronger and higher intensity waves expected. Unusually strong waves last week lashed that section of the coast leading to flooding with clogged drains also playing a part in hampering drainage. The ferocity of the waves surprised many and engineers Malcolm Alli and Charles Sohan as well as Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said that erosion of the foreshore along the Kitty to Liliendaal coastal stretch contributed to the severity
