Tag: beach access
Activists urge CIG to deal with beach access
(CNS): Activists from the Concerned Citizens group are raising the alarm that the beaches around Grand Cayman are becoming battlegrounds because government is still not protecting access for local people. Since 2001, the group has been campaigning for the authorities to have a number of beach accesses points registered where they have been used by members of […]
Beach access trouble blocks EMS
(CNS): Efforts to rescue a visitor to the Cayman Islands after he got into difficulty in the sea off Boggy Sands Road, West Bay, Sunday lunchtime were severely hampered because beach access was blocked. Fortunately, the rescue was eventually successful and the visitor is recovering in hospital, but witnesses to the incident told CNS that […]
Developer rips up slice of North Side coast
(CNS): A developer has been ripping up the ironshore along a stretch of coast in North Side without the requisite permission, according to officials. A concerned CNS reader sent pictures of a digger on the coast tearing up the natural rock formation, which the Department of Environment (DoE) has said is a major threat to […]
California fines owners $millions for blocking beach access
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands government begins a new focus on addressing the long-standing problems regarding beach access and easement rights to the shore, owners of beachfront property in California have been fined millions of dollars. Beach access rights in Cayman was a hot topic during the last session of the Legislative Assembly, when East […]
Tibbetts commits to dealing with beach access
(CNS): The planning minister has told the Legislative Assembly that his ministry is examining the issue of beach access in order to protect the rights that have been gradually eroded due to inadequate protection and extensive beachfront development. Responding to a private member’s motion brought by East End MLA Arden McLean during this month’s meeting, […]
