Some further thoughts...As I said, I signed the petition and wish they weren't going to add man-made stuctures. But now my mind is way more at ease.
I had thought this was going to be a small, not very well thought through, proposal consisting of a short statement about Sandals plans and a few pictures and diagrams showing where a jetty would go. They typical Jamaican building project.
I also had thought they were talking about a typical boulder-rock jetty starting on the beach and extending out into the sea the approx 175m everyone has been mentioning. Beside destroying the natural ocean view, I thought this jetty would simply block the flow of sand south to other properties, selfishly.
Instead, this seems to be a very professional study done by experts making a recommendation to Sandals after looking at many options. Also, most of the proposed structures will be underwater and therefore out of sight.
Also, it seems to take into account many factors I thought they would ignore. For me, the main one being the affects on the rest of the beach properties - seems they will not be affecting them adversely. They also propose, just for one example, that the sea grass in places where the structures are to be built, be relocated to other areas in front of Sandals that are now barren of sea grass. So no net loss of any more sea grass.
I would bet this proposal will probably get approved. So my thoughts are that we should concentrate on demanding that the actions they propose that Sandals take to mitigate the affects of this project on the environment, and neighboring properties, are enforced. There is a whole section on this covering many things.
What they are proposing as mitigating steps won't be easy or cheap, and in Jamaica things like that can easily be skipped over at construction time. To me, it seems like that has a more likely chance of success.
Just my 2-cents.
