A series of high swells recently, played havoc with the place where I go swimming. Concrete barriers were not only moved around, but one went missing altogether! The decaying parking area was roughed up, with more potholes and cracks appearing. As a result the gate to the parking area was kept closed for several days while ideas were mulled about what to do.
One day, several new concrete barriers appeared, though the missing barrier had been located – near the entry ladder, but underwater. Word leaked out that repairs were to be made. The sunken barrier would be recovered and the holes in the lot filled.
They were true to their word. Next day a crew arrived and the promised work was completed in a day. The barrier was back in place, its smaller replacements removed. The gates were opened and cars flooded in. It looked like a brand new place, relatively speaking.
Yesterday, I went down there to see how the latest big swell looked. The parking lot gate was closed again as expected. The swell was still building, but washed across the lower reaches of the lot. And the recently replaced concrete barrier was on the move again, heading across the parking lot, en route to the channel by the entry ladder!
Graham's Island 
I was wondering what the barriers were for until I saw they were there so idiots wouldn’t drive off the edge. I am thinking this is a temporary thing (for years no doubt) before installing something that doesn’t cost to fix every big sea.
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This is the way it is permanently. It’s the old sugar wharf and it’s falling apart, but fixing it would mean starting from scratch and that’s not going to happen these days. Ironically, there’s talk that they’re going to allow a new boat hoist to be erected where the old one was, at the bottom corner of the wharf!
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Go figure 🤔 Is the hoist instead of a boat ramp?
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Yes. A few years back, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed putting in a ramp, but their design was one of those ‘we had to destroy the bay to save it’ ideas. It sank like a concrete barrier!
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Engineer overkill syndrome
“But we need something we can roll tanks down!”
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Pretty much!
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Good heavens. The hardest thing to understand is why the gate would have to be locked- I’d have thought no parking was obvious.
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They often lock the beach parks when there’s high surf. Otherwise there are liability issues for them.
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A replacement job for the summer.
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It’s not a temporary set up. This is the way it is year round!
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