Tag: Seven Mile Beach
7MB free-for-all can’t be ignored, says premier
(CNS): Uncontrolled vending on Seven Mile Beach has re-emerged as cruise passengers return while beach venues catering to them have all but disappeared. Public Beach was set aside for the Caymanian public to enjoy, but local families are being crowded out by masses of cruise tourists and unregulated trading. Premier Wayne Panton has said that […]
Westin 10-storey re-vamp needs traffic survey
(CNS): At a Central Planning Authority meeting last month, the board adjourned an application by Invincible Investment Corporation for a more than $153 million re-vamp of the Westin Hotel on Seven Mile Beach. The CPA has ordered the developers to undertake a traffic survey to assess the impact of the proposed ten-storey tower and expanded […]
Beach replenishment could be a costly failure
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has said that bringing in sand to replace the stretch of Seven Mile Beach that is being eroded could be a costly failure for the public purse. During the Cayman Islands Tourism Association meeting last week, the Marriott hotel’s general manager asked the minister what the government was doing about […]
Rezone will increase pressure on 7M Public Beach
(CNS): Parliament has voted to rezone several parcels of land by Seven Mile Public Beach that will allow for ten-storey development and ultimately increase the pressure on one of only a handful of remaining places where people can still freely access Seven Mile Beach. The site of the RBS Coutts Building and Trafalgar Place is […]
Cops appeal for witnesses in 7MB shooting
(CNS): The police are making another public appeal to find anyone who may have seen a shooting in the Seven Mile Beach area last month. The incident took place off the West Bay Road just south of Lime Tree Bay Avenue, close to Government House, the governor’s residence, at around 4am on Saturday, 24 September. […]
7MB erosion worsens after Ian batters structures
(CNS): The passage of Hurricane Ian this week has revealed the seriousness of the erosion problems on Seven Mile Beach and how seawalls and hard structures, far from solving the problem, are making matters worse. In some places where there are no hard structures on the dynamic beach, the ocean delivered new deposits of sand. […]
Dart makes revised bid for 7MB toilet block
(CNS): Shoreline Development Company, part of the Dart Group’s network of companies, has submitted revised plans for the redevelopment of the Calico Jack’s site on Seven Mile Beach. The application for the project was heard last month but was adjourned to allow the developer to redraw the plans to relocate a toilet block for the […]
Dart seeks 7MB setback waiver for bar toilets
(CNS): One of Dart’s networks of companies has made an application to revamp the beach bar formerly named Calico Jack’s and is seeking a number of waivers to planning rules, including a high water mark setback in order to place a toilet block on Seven Mile Beach.
Armed operations shock 7MB residents and visitors
(CNS): The sight of armed police officers in pursuit of a suspect on Friday came as a shock to residents and visitors on Grand Cayman’s famous Seven Mile Beach. As police pursued two men, one of them believed to be armed, who ran from a stop and search off the West Bay Road, armed officers […]
PACT to spend $21M to rescue beaches
(CNS): The PACT Government has committed to investing a significant amount of money in sustainability and climate resiliency. Premier Wayne Panton said the Cayman Islands no longer has the time to ignore what is happening and not do something to build more resiliency and mitigate for what is coming.
Words of wisdom from the past
Chris Johnson writes: Much has been said in recent months about the West Bay Beach (Seven Mile) due to the erosion problems and the blame game. I have been lucky to have lived on the beach at the north end for over 40 years and had the privilege for many years of living next door […]
