Motorists along the west coast navigate around beach debris yesterday morning when high winds combined with a 9.3m tide to send a wave of water over the sea wall. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0624272)
CARS travelling along the west coast yesterday morning got an unseasonable battering when a combination of high tides and strong winds threw rocks and beach debris onto the road.
States Works general manager Nigel Dorey said two groups of workers had cleared the affected area, which stretched from Vazon to Pleinmont.
‘Sweeps along the west coast like this are unusual for August,’ he said.
‘We normally have to deal with them around October time.’
Debris was, he added, mostly small pebbles, rather than the larger rocks displaced by high tides in winter.
Work on repairing the wall at Route de la Rocque Poisson is ongoing and, despite the bad weather, is on schedule for completion at the end of September. Equipment being used for the project was moved from the coast road ahead of Monday night’s high winds.
An 80m section of the wall was damaged in storms on 10-11 March.
Yesterday’s high tides of 9.3m, from 9-10am and 9-10pm, are due to be repeated today, but decreasing winds have lessened the danger for road users.
Article posted on 20th August, 2008 - 2.29pm
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