The stonewall is built on a curved section of the road. It was likely designed to prevent vehicles from driving into the sea; not to prevent waves from eroding the road.
Force majeure. Mother nature at play. It's an isolated incident. This sort of stuff happens even in first world countries. Can't design for every possible worst-case scenario. No project has that type of budget.
Drone View rhanks for the video 👍 Beryl was terrible but in this case it exposed shoddy engineering and structural construction work. They need to bring barges with really big rocks and drop them 20 ft from the shoreline in the sea. There is nothing to break the waves before they hit the foundation below the road. They need rocks like the type on the road going towards Norman Manley Airport.
It's a disgrace to see that none of the so-called engineers/road builders saw that this road would never survive storm surge without a properly constructed sea wall.
DVJ, Thanks for sharing these video, and updates on damage due to the hurricane. Awesome flight footage 👍. I do hope your family was spared any damage. 🙏❤️One love.
It's really sad that none of the big engineers could realize that a 16 inch concrete and stone retaining wall sitting on the surface of the soil would be enough to restrain the sea especially during a potent storm. This has LITERALLY been happening for DECADES!! They need to go way deeper into the soil to the point where the sea cannot undermine or build a breakwater/seawall offshore to quell the force of the waves. Or both! Come on, man!
If we're moving to a new chapter in Jamaica Development, we need to have competent Engineering on our road development; and if CHECH is giving work to local contractor, CHECH need to have, a supervisor Engineer on site, because I have stated months ago that the work that was been done here was crap. It is basic common sense that you can't have a road so close to the sea, and don't take protective measure to protect the road. First of all they should have block off that area of the sea and dig down deeper and create a concrete base along that streach of the road, with reinforce waterproof concrete Wall, coming from deep down up to 10ft above the road, The road should have been elivated to a higher level also, when that work is completed, stone and gravel should be put along the wall to stop erosion! I'm not a Civil Engineer however, this is what I see contractor do in other country...
The stonewall is built on a curved section of the road. It was likely designed to prevent vehicles from driving into the sea; not to prevent waves from eroding the road.
Here watching from Barbados🇧🇧
Force majeure. Mother nature at play. It's an isolated incident. This sort of stuff happens even in first world countries. Can't design for every possible worst-case scenario. No project has that type of budget.
Praying for Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤
Drone View rhanks for the video 👍 Beryl was terrible but in this case it exposed shoddy engineering and structural construction work. They need to bring barges with really big rocks and drop them 20 ft from the shoreline in the sea. There is nothing to break the waves before they hit the foundation below the road. They need rocks like the type on the road going towards Norman Manley Airport.
They need to put some of those concrete forms that looks like Jax's.
With sea levels rising, storm surge will continue to impact the shore lines. I pray for Jamaica.😎
Keep praying.
Praying will repair the road and protect the shorelines.
Move further inland with the road
Definitely a sea wall barrier is needed from there to around roselle
Just see it
It's a disgrace to see that none of the so-called engineers/road builders saw that this road would never survive storm surge without a properly constructed sea wall.
@@nfn4 There are some risks which cannot be prevented from occurring. The sea is relentlessly devouring the coast. Move further inland.
DVJ, Thanks for sharing these video, and updates on damage due to the hurricane. Awesome flight footage 👍. I do hope your family was spared any damage. 🙏❤️One love.
Thanks. Everyone is ok.
The government may have to construct this section of the road farther inland from the sea shoreline.
The thing is, they have protected the shoreline further up the road.
Lol, the sure line barrier footing should be lower than the level of the water because there is no break for the water coming in
It's really sad that none of the big engineers could realize that a 16 inch concrete and stone retaining wall sitting on the surface of the soil would be enough to restrain the sea especially during a potent storm. This has LITERALLY been happening for DECADES!! They need to go way deeper into the soil to the point where the sea cannot undermine or build a breakwater/seawall offshore to quell the force of the waves. Or both! Come on, man!
If we're moving to a new chapter in Jamaica Development, we need to have competent Engineering on our road development; and if CHECH is giving work to local contractor, CHECH need to have, a supervisor Engineer on site, because I have stated months ago that the work that was been done here was crap. It is basic common sense that you can't have a road so close to the sea, and don't take protective measure to protect the road. First of all they should have block off that area of the sea and dig down deeper and create a concrete base along that streach of the road, with reinforce waterproof concrete Wall, coming from deep down up to 10ft above the road, The road should have been elivated to a higher level also, when that work is completed, stone and gravel should be put along the wall to stop erosion! I'm not a Civil Engineer however, this is what I see contractor do in other country...