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€17.8m Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme

13th March 2015
€17.8m Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced the full details of a €17.8m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland's publicly owned fishery harbours and local harbour network .
In announcing the initiative the Minister said "I am delighted to announce the full details of my Departments €17.8m Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme for 2015. I have set aside €14.9m towards safety, maintenance and new development works at the six Fishery Harbour Centres at Howth, Dunmore East, Castletownbere, Dingle, Rossaveel and Killybegs, in addition to the completion of infrastructural improvement and storm damage repair works at North Harbour, Cape Clear which is also owned by my Department."
Flagship projects in the 2015 Capital Programme (see table1) include major dredging works at Dunmore East, the provision of small craft harbours and pontoons in Howth, Rossaveal and Killybegs, electrical upgrading in Castletownbere, and necessary remedial works to the main pier in Dingle. In addition, the Bull Nose Development and the Duffy's Pier storm damage repair projects at North Harbour Cape Clear are to be completed.
The Minister went on to say "I have also allocated €1.5m for a Local Authority Harbour Development and Marine Leisure programme in 2015, and as an exceptional measure I am also providing in the region of €1.4m to facilitate the completion of a number of Local Authority Storm Damage projects which were approved in 2014 as part of the Governments response to the extreme weather conditions in late 2013 and early 2014, but not completed by the Local Authorities in 2014 due to time constraints and other issues. My Department will be contacting the Local authorities regarding these schemes shortly."
The Minister concluded by saying "This is a significant level of investment in Ireland's publicly owned fisheries and local harbour network. It will continue the implementation of the Governments strategy to develop and improve the facilities at our Fishery Harbour Centres and other public harbours around our coast, benefitting a broad cohort of stakeholders including the fishing industry, seafood processing sector, other ancillary marine industries, marine tourism and leisure and the wider rural coastal communities".

Table 1- Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme 2015

Location

Project

Department Approved Funding

Cape Clear, Co. Cork.

Bull Nose Development

€900,000

Duffy’s Pier

€900,000

Safety & Maintenance Works

€50,000

Disability Access Works

€10,000

 

Piers, Lights & Beacons

€136,000

All Fishery Harbour Centres

Safety and Maintenance

€1,440,000

Howth FHC

Traffic Management Works

€75,000

Provision of Small Craft Pontoon

€1,000,000

Site investigation for West Pier pontoon and Middle Pier upgrade

€150,000

Upgrading Electrical System – Phase 3

€150,000

Castletownbere FHC

Power points & Electrical Upgrade

€350,000

Sanitary Facilities Works

€90,000

Harbour Slipway – Phase 1

€400,000

Replacement of Water Network – Dinish Island- design

€20,000

Proposed Development South Side – Dinish Island- site investigation

€30,000

An Daingean FHC

Navigation Buoys Replacement

€130,000

Main Pier sheet pile Remedial Works

€200,000

Harbour Workshop and Marina Users Facilities Building - Design

€40,000

Upgrade Harbour Entrance

€150,000

Rossaveel FHC

Phase 2 Small Craft Harbour

€700,000

Construction of New Slipway – Design Phase

€70,000

Dunmore East FHC

Harbour Office Upgrade – Phase 2

€200,000

Breakwater design

€150,000

Traffic Management Plan

€15,000

Dredging Works

€6,500,000

Killybegs FHC

Improvement works to Shipyard Entrances

€40,000

Small Craft Harbour – Phase 2

€700,000

Provision of additional bollards

€60,000

Smooth Point Pier Extension – studies and preparation:

€175,000

Power Outlets - Boatyard

€40,000

 

Local Authority

Local Authority Harbour Development and Marine Leisure

€1,500,000

Local Authority Storm Damage

€1,400,000

Published in Coastal Notes
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