Led by Rawai Mayor Arun Solos, the team of municipality public works officials surveyed the damaged seawall today.
“There’s been unusually strong surf for the last several days and we expect it [strong surf] to persist the coming few days,” Mayor Aroon said.
“Following the tsunami [of 2004] this wall and dam has was built up using concrete over a period of about 10 years, but now parts of it have been washed away by the strong surf, which has now reached the line of pine trees, about 5-6 metres from the road,” he explained.
“For now, we’ll reinforce the damaged wall and dam with large boulders, and proceed with a new design for a new sea wall, with input from locals who live in the area [of the damaged sea wall].”
“If there is no seawall and dam, the surf could end up reaching the road and affecting traffic,” Mayor Aroon added.