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Development Issue Option #1
&
Justifications
(Chosen Option)
Bathing Beach
Construction
Method
Dredging Nova Pier
Location
Adopted Method of
Placement of Geo-Textile
Mat in Nearshore Seagrass
Bed and Loading with Sand
Excavated from On-Shore:
Method chosen is an
alternative to dredging the
seagrass beds to produce
an environment that is safe
and confortable to the feel
of bathers and that
provides the requisite depth
of water…Strategy of
loading geo-textile mats
with sand compresses
seagrass beds to provide
required depth.
Dredging to Allow Access
to Nova Pier and Shoreside
Berthing: Dockside
berthing of freight barge
necessary during
construction phase of
operation and to a lesser
extent during the
operational phase of the
project…Strategy is to offload
equipment and
supplies at Nova pier and
truck them overland to
project site…Access to the
13-5
Option #2
&
Justifications
Dredging Seagrass
Beds to Produce
Requisite Depth
and Feel for
Swimmers:
Dredging to the
extent required to
produce the bathing
beach, comes with
a higher ecological
cost than the
chosen method,
given the degree of
siltation and turbid
influences.
Dredging an Access
Channel Through
the Reef to
Accommodate a
Barge: This would
entail creating a
channel through
dredging and
blasting in the reef
crest of the barrier
reef, an
ecologically fragile
and productive
ecosystem…This is
not desirable to the
developers given
the eco-friendly
orientation of the
Option #3
&
Justifications
(Non-
Development)
Non-development
Option: This is the
default position
that would result in
non-action…This
would not be of
benefit to the
developers or
clients of the
facilities.
The Non
Development
Option: This is the
Status Quo position
that would allow
neither large crafts
to access the reef
at the project site,
or the Nova Pier to
the south…This
coupled with the
absence of a road
would make the
incremental
overland freighting
of supplies
impossible
arresting the
development of the
project.