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Ambleside

THE NORTH Shore’s most popular beach — Ambleside in
West Vancouver — is steadily washing away into the Pacific
Ocean and at least $600,000 is required to stabilize it.

“Eventually the entire beach
will erode,’® said Parks and Recre-
ation director Frank Kurucz in a
report that came before district
council Monday.

“We have two choices — let the
sea take back what was its own, or
restore the beach,’ concluded Ald.
Alex Brokenshire following a

By MAUREEN CURTIS

Contributing Writer

report from Dayton & Knight
Consulting Engineers.

Ambleside Beach has been ar-
tificially filled with sand in the past
and protective structures have been
built in an attempt to anchor the

beach. These structures, mostly
rock groynes, have not been
designed in balance with the natu-
ral processes. As a result, fine sed-
iment is washing away.

The same is happening to Dun-
darave Beach, where the seawalls
actually reflect more wave energy
back onto the beach.

Brian Walker of Dayton &
Knight told council that the con-
struction of two headlands would
be necessitated, at the estimated

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cost of $600,000.

The south headland could be
built near the existing groyne adja-
cent to the duck pond. Sand fill 10
create additional beach could then
be done at an additional cost.

The north headland could be
located near 14th Street. This
could be developed into a pedes-
trian pier for another $70,000.
Further optional enhancement
might be added with a temporary
moorage facility and a ferry dock

each is washing away

for $1.3 million.

Dayton & Knight were assisted
by subconsultants Hay & Co. who
took soundings and collected fur-
ther data on the local wave action
and sources of sediment in order to
analyse the impact of possible con-
struction.

On Kurucz’s recommendation,
Ald. Mark Sager passed a suc-
cessful motion for council to
receive the report on foreshore
enhancement.