With more spring tides forecast from today, the Sea and River Defence Department of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) is assuring that it will seek to cushion the impact of expected flooding in coastal communities, including those still vulnerable due to exposed sections of the Mahaicony sea defence.
Government has been executing emergency works since the last spring tide period in September and was aiming to complete works in time for the next spring tide event, which starts today. Some 18,000 tonnes of boulders were needed to be placed along the breached zone between Dantzig and Fairfield. So far, approximately 6,000 tonnes of boulders have been placed and works are still ongoing.
A statement from MoPI yesterday explained that the Sea and River Defence Department is currently executing emergency works to restore heavily eroded and breached sections of the earthen embankment by constructing a rock armour facing on the seaward slope as an erosion control measure.
