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Lerwick dredging project almost complete
01 Oct 2008
Lerwick Port Authoritys £12m dredging project has reached a significant stage. The dredging phase is almost complete. Drill and blast operations were completed ahead of schedule by the barge Playmate and it has now been released along with one of the disposal barges. The backhoe dredger Manu Pekka is finalising the extraction and was due to be released last month with the second disposal barge.
Dredging work to improve and expand the facilities at Port of Lerwick is now almost complete.
Wider and deeper navigable water has been provided, with 9m of water depth now throughout the north entrance and channel, at Greenhead Basin and at the landing berth at Shetland Catch. Additional areas deepened include at Heogan, where the landing berth access is now 8m deep, at Mairs Yard where it is now 6m deep and at the inner harbour anchorage where an area has been taken down to 10m.
Contractor Westminster Dredging is preparing surveys of the dredged areas prior to replacing the navigation buoys to mark the newly deepened channels.
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