The following is by my friend Jim Wehrle (Jimincancun.com)as he posted on Trip Advisor today:

“Royal Solaris question: “President Felipe Calderon of Mexico will be in Cancun next week around the 12th to officially inaugurate the beaches. They still have about 400 yards by the Royal Solaris to finish up starting on Monday Feb. 8.” (They will finish before the inauguration.)

Remember the “cement cubes” they talked about?

The original picture posted of the breakwater design at http://www.cancuntom.com/?p=2455 and the diagram at http://www.cancuntom.com/?p=2133 shows that part is above the water line.

Here is a link www.yucatan.com.mx/noticias/Aimagen.asp… to a picture of the breakwater by Punta Cancun in front of the Hyatt Regency and Krystal Hotels. My guess is that it will certainly help at least those beaches which are usually the first to be eroded.

President Felipe Calderon of Mexico will be in Cancun next week around the 12th to officially inaugurate the beaches. They still have about 400 yards by the Royal Solaris to finish up starting on Monday Feb. 8.

They started the work last November.

They also mentioned that although the new beaches are around 70-80 yards wide now, after settling of the “cliff walls” and normal, planned-for erosion, the beaches will end up around 40 yards wide. The programmed maintenance program is planned to keep them around that width.”