“Substantial” work remains to restore waterfront structures damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo, which struck the Island nearly three months ago.

One marine contractor estimated that months of repairs are still waiting to be tackled at sites all around Bermuda, on seawalls and docks hit by the double impact of the storms on October 12 and 17.

“We’ve got a lot of different jobs on our books right now — a lot of these things are being held up by planning issues,” he said.

“There’s a substantial amount of damage along Harbour Road and into Southampton and all around the Great Sound.

“You wouldn’t really notice them from the shore, but it’s amazing looking from the water.

“One area that lost a lot of docks and seawalls is Harrington Sound. That part of the Island got quite devastated.

“We’re trying to gear up with the America’s Cup coming up, but there are definitely months of work ahead.”

The contractor, who asked not to be named, said many of the undermined and collapsed docks had been old or poorly built.

The Royal Gazette recently reported that stretches of the Dockyard waterfront at the 200-year-old North Arm had been infiltrated by waves during Hurricane Gonzalo, and are still awaiting repairs from Works and Engineering teams.

Meanwhile, at Ely’s Harbour, a gaping hole has been left in the slipway at the public dock opposite the entrance to Fort Scaur.

“The slip at the dock has a huge hole in the middle of it that people, including myself, have to work around at risk,” said boat owner Justin Raynor, who has been using the facility since April of last year.

“With the America’s Cup coming to Bermuda, I think the condition of our docks is something that needs to be looked at.”

Mr Raynor said it looked as if something large had struck the dock during the hurricanes, leaving a “crater” through the slip. Anyone wanting to get in there with a big boat can’t use it — with a small boat, you would have to navigate around it. It’s pretty risky.”

A spokesman for Public Works said the Department had not yet been informed of the damage to the dock.

Island-wide, “all major hurricane clean-up efforts have been completed”, he said.

He added that works to the Railway Trail would continue for a further few weeks.

“Crews have returned to their regular scheduled maintenance in parks, schools and Government properties,” he said.