A dedicated walkway for persons with disabilities will come up at Elliott’s beach.
What’s it about? The Corporation’s proposal for the dedicated walkway has been approved by the state coastal zone management authority. 181 metres of the dedicated walkway for persons with disabilities fall under the CRZ-1A and 3.28 metres under the CRZ-2 zone.
- The walkway will be built for ₹1 crore with a length of 190 metres and a width of 2.8 metres. It’ll be built without foundation with a grid-type timber structure with decking material on top.
- Wooden sleepers will be placed parallelly on the sand with 1m spacing between each of them for stability. There’s a similar walkway at Marina Beach.
Conditions: A technical expert committee stated that there shouldn’t be any permanent structures and temporary structures should be raised by 0.5m above ground level, given it’s a turtle nesting area. Another condition is there should be a mechanism to prevent able-bodied people from using it.