{"id":12695,"date":"2023-02-05T04:47:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/after-controversial-development-p-e-i-suspends-new-shoreline-protection-projects\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T04:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:47:22","slug":"after-controversial-development-p-e-i-suspends-new-shoreline-protection-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/after-controversial-development-p-e-i-suspends-new-shoreline-protection-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"After controversial development, P.E.I. suspends new shoreline protection projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CHARLOTTETOWN \u2014 Prince Edward Island\u2019s government is imposing a moratorium on new shoreline protection projects after a controversy over a large, rock breakwater built around a private, beachfront home.<\/p>\n

Environment Minister Steven Myers says the moratorium introduced recently defines which projects are frozen until a new coastal zoning policy is created in collaboration with researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the department said 75 permits are on hold while the new \u201cshort term\u201d coastal zone policy is developed.<\/p>\n

The moratorium permits certain projects approved by the province to go ahead, and it also allows repairs to \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d and erosion-control structures that were damaged in late September by post-tropical storm Fiona.<\/p>\n

Myers says he imposed the moratorium in part because of public outcry over an imposing stone breakwater put up around a new home in the community of Point Deroche, about 30 kilometres northeast of the capital.<\/p>\n

Green\u00a0Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker said last fall the breakwater impedes people from walking along a pristine beach, calling the structure a \u201clightning rod that has channelled decades of growing discontent\u201d over a lack of coastal management.<\/p>\n

Myers says the home\u2019s seawall doesn\u2019t break the law because it was built over existing rock barriers. He says he\u2019s being subjected to intense criticism because the moratorium holds up citizens\u2019 plans to protect their land.<\/p>\n

However, the minister says he\u2019s proceeding because the province needs a wider coastal protection policy to ensure the Island is well placed to apply for the federal government\u2019s $1.6-billion climate adaptation fund.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n