Palisadoes and Port Royal Coastal Protection

Contract awarded for a technical study of the Palisadoes peninsula.

Boulders placed along sections of the shoreline. In February 2008 the Caribbean Development Bank funds US$500,000 of remedial work on the strip, carried out by two local contractors.

The Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Works begin: revetments on both sides of the peninsula, the road raised against flooding, and a boardwalk. Cost about US$65 million, built by China Harbour Engineering Company with a China EXIM Bank loan; scheduled for two years.

The September completion date is missed; the National Works Agency targets December and says the budget will not rise. The harbour-side boardwalk is put on hold.

$1.3 billion is allocated in the 2013/14 budget as the final payment for completed works. Restoration of 1.2 km of dunes and mangroves is planned for the year.

The Sunday Gleaner reports the sea-side boulders were never covered with sand and vegetation as designed, mangroves along the road are in patches, the dune work was shelved, and the revegetation budget was cut from J$50.4 million to J$28.5 million.

About 4,500 metres of revetment built.

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica. The PIOJ later estimates damage, losses and costs at about US$12.2 billion.

The NaRRA Act becomes law; NaRRA becomes the single point of coordination for approved reconstruction projects.

The Government completes a shoreline protection plan. Cabinet approves the project for NaRRA's work programme; funding expected from NaRRA's project pool.