Preparations are underway for the annual beach lowering program

The City of Cape Town will this week begin its annual beach lowering program in preparation for the festive season.  

The process involves pushing beach sand back to the lower water mark.

Assessments at Fish Hoek, Muizenberg, Gordan's Bay and Bikini Beach will begin on Wednesday and lowering continue until the end of November.  

MMC for Spatial planning and Environment, Eddie Andrews said beaches will remain open for visitors during this time.  

"So we'll commence first with the assessments of those beaches. And based on the assessment, the engineers will confirm how much sand we must remove in order to profile it in a manner that would ensure the sand does not migrate as often as it does," said Andrews.