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Malibu residents seek a narrow escape for Broad Beach: Homeowners are building a sea wall in an attempt to prevent erosion by high tides and heavy surf

Posted by: Maven on February 2, 2010 at 6:42 am

broad beachFrom the Los Angeles Times:

“For years, beachgoers and environmentalists have worried that wealthy residents of Malibu’s exclusive Broad Beach wanted to fence off their 1.1-mile oceanfront to outsiders.

Now, in the latest chapter of the shoreline saga, Broad Beach property owners, who include such celebrities as Pierce Brosnan, Goldie Hawn and Steven Spielberg, are building an 8-foot-high rock sea wall that they say is needed to protect their showplace homes from rising ocean water.

Workers have begun constructing the 4,100-foot-long wall by lifting boulders by crane over the tops of homes.

On Monday, they began stockpiling the project’s huge rocks at the west end of Zuma Beach.

The $4-million wall, being paid for by the homeowners, is designed to buy time until they can mount a long-term project to dredge up sand and permanently restore the beach to the original 100-foot width, according to leaders of the Trancas Property Owners Assn. … “

Read more from the Los Angeles Times by clicking here. Click on the photo to see a gallery of photos of the work being done.

February 2, 2010 · Filed Under Southern California

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