Airport bridge will not cause lasting damage to Malé’s surf point, says minister
The construction of a bridge between Malé and Hulhulé poses no threat to the city’s surf point at Varunulaa Raalhugandu, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said today, assuring surfers that they would be able to surf there once the project is completed in 2018.
12 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
The construction of a bridge between Malé and Hulhulé poses no threat to the city’s surf point at Varunulaa Raalhugandu, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said today, assuring surfers that they would be able to surf there once the project is completed in 2018.
More than a dozen surfers were arrested in March when they protested against the construction of the China-Maldives Friendship bridge, claiming it would destroy waves there.
Muizz, however, told MPs the Chinese company that had carried out the feasibility study for the bridge had studied wave patterns in the area and “found that there will be no damage to the area, and when the bridge construction is completed, surfers will have the opportunity to surf if they so desire.”
The Raalhugandu is the only area in Malé with direct access to the ocean and is popular with surfers, families and joggers alike. But it has been blocked off since January for bridge construction.
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