Dec 11 - Department of Environment Assures Camp Bay Works are Up to Standard
Following on from a statement released by the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society expressing concern over emergency works being carried out on the coastal defenses fronting Camp Bay, the Department for Health, Environment, Energy and Climate Change has explained that the material to be used ‘was designed to be limestone of appropriate size and only deposited above the waterline.’
The Government insists that the main coastal defence structure was showing signs of deformation and structural failure. Government engineers were concerned that a catastrophic failure could occur and thus works to stabilize the revetment are underway and are expected to take approximately four weeks to complete.
No evidence of loss of EU protected species has been found and monitoring continues to take place. The works will now proceed using suitable material approved by the Department of the Environment. Environmental NGOs have been briefed on the current situation and the proposed way forward. The Department's officials will be supervising the works as they proceed and possible remedial action is being considered.
