{"id":68659,"date":"2025-01-20T21:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/?p=68659"},"modified":"2025-01-20T21:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:28:37","slug":"caiman-le-gouvernement-cherche-des-solutions-pour-gerer-la-perte-de-plages-notamment-en-revisant-les-reglements-sur-le-recul-des-constructions-par-rapport-au-rivage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/caiman-le-gouvernement-cherche-des-solutions-pour-gerer-la-perte-de-plages-notamment-en-revisant-les-reglements-sur-le-recul-des-constructions-par-rapport-au-rivage\/","title":{"rendered":"Caiman\u2014The government is seeking solutions to address beach loss, including by revising regulations on the setback distance for buildings from the shoreline."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cayman Compass<br \/>\nPar Reshma Ragoonath \u2013<\/p>\n<p>La d\u00e9molition de l\u2019ancien b\u00e2timent Royal Palms a raviv\u00e9 l\u2019espoir de retrouver un rivage en bonne sant\u00e9 le long de Seven Mile Beach, o\u00f9 des portions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 perdues au fil du temps \u00e0 cause de l\u2019\u00e9rosion et des temp\u00eates.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68661\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"506\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162-150x128.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162-450x383.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162-24x20.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162-36x31.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4162-59x50.jpeg 59w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Austin, Department of Environment deputy director of research and assessment. \u2013 Photo: Reshma Ragoonath<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Tim Austin, directeur adjoint du D\u00e9partement de l\u2019environnement (DoE) charg\u00e9 de la recherche et de l\u2019\u00e9valuation, a cependant d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu\u2019il n\u2019\u00e9tait pas encore clair combien de temps cela prendrait. Selon lui, la d\u00e9molition est une occasion d\u2019observer comment la plage r\u00e9agit sans la pr\u00e9sence de structures, offrant un exemple concret de ce que pourrait \u00eatre l\u2019avenir des plages sans constructions.<\/p>\n<p>Le bar embl\u00e9matique Royal Palms avait ferm\u00e9 apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9v\u00e8rement endommag\u00e9 par les temp\u00eates. Le b\u00e2timent a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9moli pour faire place \u00e0 un nouvel \u00e9tablissement situ\u00e9 plus loin du rivage. La nouvelle version de Royal Palms sera dirig\u00e9e par le Caymanien Handel Whittaker, ancien propri\u00e9taire de Calico Jack\u2019s.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163-75x50.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4163.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> Water surges past Royal Palms during the passage of Tropical Storm Helene. \u2013 Photo: Supplied <\/p>\n<p>Un tournant environnemental<\/p>\n<p>Austin a exprim\u00e9 de la tristesse \u00e0 propos de la disparition de Royal Palms, pr\u00e9sent depuis les ann\u00e9es 1960, mais il y voit \u00e9galement le reflet de \u00ab temps changeants \u00bb. Il a soulign\u00e9 le probl\u00e8me critique de d\u00e9ficit de sable au sud de Seven Mile Beach, esp\u00e9rant que la d\u00e9molition permettra au sable de revenir et \u00e0 la plage de reprendre un profil plus naturel, m\u00eame si le rivage pourrait \u00eatre plus en retrait qu\u2019auparavant.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9fis de l\u2019\u00e9rosion<br \/>\nCayman Compass Austin esp\u00e8re que l\u2019exemple de Royal Palms prouvera qu\u2019une plage peut se reconstituer lorsqu\u2019elle n\u2019est plus entrav\u00e9e par des structures artificielles.<\/p>\n<p>Il a expliqu\u00e9 que le sable disponible dans les dunes pourrait d\u00e9sormais contribuer \u00e0 la r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de la plage. Cependant, il a insist\u00e9 sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de nouvelles lignes de recul bas\u00e9es sur des donn\u00e9es historiques plut\u00f4t que sur le niveau moyen actuel de l\u2019eau, qui est sujet \u00e0 des fluctuations.<\/p>\n<p>Le DoE a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des lignes de recul plus conservatrices au gouvernement et esp\u00e8re qu\u2019elles seront adopt\u00e9es pour mieux prot\u00e9ger les plages restaur\u00e9es. Un cadre r\u00e9glementaire sera \u00e9galement essentiel pour \u00e9viter de nouvelles constructions sur le sable regagn\u00e9.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68663\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164-75x50.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4164.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The southern end of Seven Mile Beach has suffered badly from erosion in recent years. \u2013 Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Enfin, un appel d\u2019offres pour concevoir des solutions de restauration de Seven Mile Beach a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment, mais la phase de soumission est d\u00e9sormais termin\u00e9e.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cayman Compass Par Reshma Ragoonath \u2013 La d\u00e9molition de l\u2019ancien b\u00e2timent Royal Palms a raviv\u00e9 l\u2019espoir de retrouver un rivage en bonne sant\u00e9 le long de Seven Mile Beach, o\u00f9 des portions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 perdues au fil du temps \u00e0 cause de l\u2019\u00e9rosion et des temp\u00eates. Tim Austin, directeur adjoint du D\u00e9partement de l\u2019environnement (DoE)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_robots":null,"rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":""},"categories":[1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-caraibe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}