Repairs near completion at Rissers Beach Provincial Park after storm damage - Action News
Home WebMail Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 03:37 AM | Calgary | -1.0°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Nova Scotia

Repairs near completion at Rissers Beach Provincial Park after storm damage

Nova Scotia Parks expects the remaining campsites at Rissers Beach Provincial Park to open in the coming weeks after major repairs were needed in the wake of post-tropical storm Lee last September.

New road being built to provide access to campsites close to the beach

An excavator is shown by the beach laying down rocks that will form a new access road to part of the campground at Rissers Beach Provincial Park.
Crews are building a new access road to part of the campground at Rissers Beach Provincial Park. (Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables)

Eight months after post-tropical storm Lee tore through Rissers Beach Provincial Park on Nova Scotia's South Shore, repairs are moving into the final stages.

Rissers felt the full force of theheavy rain andstrong windslast September.Sandra Fraser, a parks promotion officer with Nova Scotia Parks, said there was "extensive damage" from the storm surge and flooding, as well asmany trees knocked down.

Since then, crews have fixed the stairs down to the beach at the end of a trail. Cleanup and repairs have taken place at the day-use area, where there are picnic tables and change rooms.

Camping opened on Friday in the north part of the campground known as North Rissers.

Work is still underway to get the campsites in the Little Rissers area, next to the beach, ready. Most of the sites were not damaged, but they have been closed since last September due todamage to the access road, which is now being replaced.

A boardwalk that has been broken by storm Lee is shown in a photo from above after the storm last September.
The broken boardwalk to the beach is shown following post-tropical storm Lee last September. (Communications Nova Scotia)

The new road is being builtfurther away from the water to make it less susceptible to any future storms. It should be complete in the coming weeks.

"We want this road to provide access to those campsites for us as long as they can. So we're just looking to put it in a less vulnerable spot," Fraser said.

The 28 sites in the Little Rissersarea represent about 40 per cent of the campsites at the park and should be open again later this season, Fraser said.

She said work has also been happening at other provincial sites damaged by the storm, including Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park, where boardwalks by the beach have also been repaired.

Repairs have also been needed at Queensland, MacCormacks and Martinique beaches.

Wooden stairs are shown onto the beach. The new wood that has been placed there as part of repairs is clearly visible.
Repairs were carried out to the large set of stairs at the far end of Rissers Beach, at the end of the boardwalk over the Salt Marsh Trail. (Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables)

Add some good to your morning and evening.

Get the latest top stories from across Nova Scotia in your inbox every weekday.

...

The next issue of CBC Nova Scotia newsletter will soon be in your inbox.

Discover all CBC newsletters in theSubscription Centre.opens new window

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service apply.