Playa Laud ?

Urgh! So wish I had not gone to the site!

Looks like it is on Playa Valetin. You can really zoom in on this lagoon/beach area on Google earth. Haven't been there in years. Used to get there by going down to Petalan and dbouble back under the first bridge and drive a rough road to Valetin.

Hope someone jumps in here with the latest news.

GV

What's with Club Med? I thought the beaches in Mexico were public.

The beach is public....up until Club Med's rope barrier. It wasn't a problem, just an observation. But I can envisage Club Med managers salivating over the possibility of "privatizing" the entire beach, like some of those high-end places have done south of Playa Palmar. I've always wondered what would happen if I kayaked onto one of those "private" beaches.

Saw a billboard yesterday on the way to Ixtapa and Playa Quieta advertising (I think) lots for sale on Playa Laud.
We've never heard of Playa Laud. Where is it?

You don't remember all the problems around 4 years ago and all the discussion here on the Message Board when they blazed a road through the mangroves and blocked the natural flow of water into and from Laguna de Potosí causing both droughts and flooding? I believe the first comment on the subject was this one:
destroying Mangroves near Barra - Rogelio, 2011-04-12, 14:20

Let me refresh your memory with just one of the more informative of the many discussions (including some with photos) from back:
development 'Laud' is shut down by PROFEPA !! - Laura, 2011-06-08, 15:12

I hope no one will buy anything there. They shouldn't be rewarded for bad behavior.

Yes, I recall the discussion - just didn't associate it with "Playa Laud".

They were handing out information for there and selling little stuffed turtles down at the Saturday market last summer. At least that is where I thought it was.

I don't think it's really that simple. For example, the land fronting the beach across the Río Ixtapa from Playa Linda has been bought by a huge consortium that is all ready to build Ixtapa 2.0. It's kind of a shame because in recent years some local families have been doing very well with the arable land adjacent to this property growing organic vegetables and spices. But once construction gets underway that whole way of life will likely come to an end as all the locals go for menial labor jobs during the construction process, due to last for many years. But it should bring relief to the folks in Barrio Nuevo, one of the local communities completely abandoned by every government and where narcos have been working to establish a foothold. I don't believe there will be any real opposition by anyone to this development as long as the remaining minor land disputes are properly settled first (mostly questions of access) and the laws are respected by the developers. Why anyone would want to double the size of Ixtapa when we can't hardly fill the rooms we have is beyond me, but apparently lots of highly connected bigwigs are betting on it.

Playa San Valentín is a much different case. It is an undeveloped rural area where local folks hope to see nature preserved because it isn't near any major developments. It is a bit of a sanctuary, and the presence of one development there will surely attract others. It is a fragile ecosystem, almost a barrier island, and the very construction of the road between the two large estuaries there has already had detrimental effects on both sides of the road, affecting both the salt producers and the fishermen. In their case I side with the locals who don't wish to see any developments at all there besides the very few enramada seafood restaurants.