Restaurants at Hellshire beach are being threatened by the erosion of the shoreline. (Photo by Christopher Serju)
A monitoring tower has been installed at Hellshire beach in St. Catherine as part of efforts to address the erosion of the shoreline.
Chalene Roye-Myrie, Beaches Coordinator at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), told JIS News that the tower will be equipped with a video monitoring system.
This will allow 24-hour monitoring of the beach.
NEPA will receive real-time data on beach ebbs and flows and sand movement.
Mrs. Roye-Myrie says NEPA is hoping that, from monitoring data, it will be able to garner funding to carry out restoration work at the island's beaches.
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