The Kep Revival

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dave the wave wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:00 pm Look what happened to the Sailing Club. Imagine you open your dream restaurant and the government steals your beach! Just highlights why you should never invest or do business in a 3rd world country.

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Sailing club never had a beach, They built 90-110 meters out from the OLD land edge for 2.5 kms for the "new Kep" beach

I was told that they got partial use of the land ( 50 meters back from the sea) but that massive structure is built on what was supposed to have been PUBLIC beach land

Best Laid plans of mice and men

He's daughter land & house ( just north of the sailing club) is massive, nice walkways an all grassed
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People don't seem to be using the new beaches very much. The next step should be plant a bunch of palm trees.
I am disappointed that the main beach of Kep is looking worse and worse. Why do they put this junk all over the small beach? Tables, a shop for water sports. All in all people should be discouraged from eating or drinking in this area. The water too is looking very dirty with plastic floating in it. Too many cars too. I don't see why people need to keep on driving around the water front. They should block off the roads and force people to park and walk.
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dave the wave wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:43 pm People don't seem to be using the new beaches very much. The next step should be plant a bunch of palm trees.
I am disappointed that the main beach of Kep is looking worse and worse. Why do they put this junk all over the small beach? Tables, a shop for water sports. All in all people should be discouraged from eating or drinking in this area. The water too is looking very dirty with plastic floating in it. Too many cars too. I don't see why people need to keep on driving around the water front. They should block off the roads and force people to park and walk.
The new beach lost all its sand over the past few months an they really didn't put in to much sand to start with >
Rather than a beach its a dirt place to park

Khmers go to Kep beach to sit on the sidewalk and eat
too many cars? go during the week, its dead, not even the mats are out to sit on
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December 23, 2022
Gov’t to turn Kep into an attractive tourist destination

The government is working to turn coastal Kep into a top tourism attraction along with other coastal provinces.

Environment Ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra said authorities convened a meeting on Wednesday in Kep province to work out a plan to beautify Kep beach in a move to attract tourists.

Pheaktra said that Kep Provincial Environment Department officials reviewed what they had done in 2022 and planned for next year, especially related to waste management and conservation of the biodiversity in the province.

He said that the provincial environment department is currently implementing a project to repair and run the wastewater treatment plant in front of Chroy Dong and Phsar Kdam beaches.

“Our environment department officials have also asked all vendors to install small wastewater treatment basins in their businesses in a bid to prevent polluted water from flowing into the beaches and make the beaches cleaner,” he said.

Kep provincial governor Som Piseth said provincial authorities have paid great attention to environmental protection and conservation of natural resources in the province.
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phuketrichard wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:24 pm
dave the wave wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:43 pm People don't seem to be using the new beaches very much. The next step should be plant a bunch of palm trees.
I am disappointed that the main beach of Kep is looking worse and worse. Why do they put this junk all over the small beach? Tables, a shop for water sports. All in all people should be discouraged from eating or drinking in this area. The water too is looking very dirty with plastic floating in it. Too many cars too. I don't see why people need to keep on driving around the water front. They should block off the roads and force people to park and walk.
The new beach lost all its sand over the past few months an they really didn't put in to much sand to start with >
Rather than a beach its a dirt place to park

Khmers go to Kep beach to sit on the sidewalk and eat
too many cars? go during the week, its dead, not even the mats are out to sit on
I wonder what their feasibility study looked like? Was it done at all? Did they just think that all they had to do to create a new beach, along that part of the coastline, was to dump truckloads of sand?
A thorough feasibility study to ensure that the beach will not be washed away over time (as well as other environmental factors stemming from the project) seems obvious to me but maybe not so to those with the decision making power down in Kep. A decent feasibility study would include examining the physical and environmental characteristics of the site, such as the geology, geomorphology, and hydrology.

For instance:-

Wave conditions: The wave climate at the site should be assessed to determine the potential for erosion and the stability of the beach.

Beach slope: The slope of the beach should be steep enough to allow for the natural erosion and accretion of sand, but not so steep that it is prone to erosion.

Beach material: The type of sand used to create the beach should be appropriate for the local wave climate and should be of sufficient size and quality to resist erosion.

Beach nourishment: It may be necessary to periodically nourish the beach with additional sand to maintain its stability and prevent erosion.

Coastal defenses: Depending on the wave climate and erosion potential, it may be necessary to implement coastal defenses such as breakwaters or revetments to protect the beach from erosion.

If anyone has been to the new Kep beach and can comment on the beach defenses, beach slope and observable wave patterns/direction maybe there are some glaringly obvious solutions that were overlooked.
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sand was sucked in from offshore ( no trucks were used) and thru pipes laid on top of the dirt ( brought in by trucks) they took off nearby mountains<
steep slope from dirt to waterline
waves seasonal

feasibility studies?? LOL
some rich khmer's ( He's sister has a beach front house) said do it and it was done

theres photos here fromDec/Jan;
general-chatter/cycled-the-new-kep-beac ... 0new%20kep

doesn't look much different when i left last month
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phuketrichard wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:36 pm
steep slope from dirt to waterline
Given that steep sloping beaches are more prone to erosion some form of breakwater would help.
Also, the sand dredged from off-shore might not have helped as it will consist of grains of varying size. Believe it or not, stable beaches are made up of sand grains of pretty uniform size because in this type of beach the sand grains are less likely to be sorted by wave action and thus be more resistant to erosion.

But, yeah, a simple wave climate study coupled with a rudimentary analysis of the off-shore dredged sand would have helped.
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IraHayes wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 1:10 pm
phuketrichard wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:36 pm
steep slope from dirt to waterline
Given that steep sloping beaches are more prone to erosion some form of breakwater would help.
Also, the sand dredged from off-shore might not have helped as it will consist of grains of varying size. Believe it or not, stable beaches are made up of sand grains of pretty uniform size because in this type of beach the sand grains are less likely to be sorted by wave action and thus be more resistant to erosion.

But, yeah, a simple wave climate study coupled with a rudimentary analysis of the off-shore dredged sand would have helped.
The beach areas themselves are very shallow some 100m out - the steepness is from the raised height of the reclamation - once at waterline it is pretty flat bottomed. Prevailing winds from the sea tend to be somewhat parallel to the beach.

They have put 3/4 extensions about 50-100m from the beach that protect against wave action and erosion so they have put some thought into it.

I will put up some photos from the last year
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April 22 last year - work in earnest

HE daughters place - Villa Monorea - going to be a resort


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Sailing club from end reclamation

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Early sand dredging

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Early May 2022

Views from the beach

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More HE progress - hundreds of mature trees transplanted. Compensation was meant to be 50m but she has got close to 200m

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