Acclaim for EU funded engineering work
The transformation of the Western Quay at North Shields in the northeast of the UK has won a prestigious civil engineering award.
It was named as the North East’s best civil engineering project costing over £4m at the Institute of Civil Engineers’ annual Robert Stephenson awards.
Western Quay project is the largest to have been funded through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) in England, which contributed £2m towards the £6m modernisation scheme.
Work to completely refurbish the existing 125 year old quay, which had been in a state of decline for 50 years, was completed towards the end of last year.
It created a berthing facility of 275m for up to 40 fishing boats and also provided easy access to services such as fuel and ice. These will be of particular benefit to the large number of vessels visiting the port between September and March due to the lucrative prawn fishing grounds in the North Sea. The project also helped to safeguard over 500 jobs in the catching, landing and processing sectors of the North East fishing industry.
Alongside the grant from the EFF, other public funding for the project was provided through the regional development agency, local council and port authority. More than £234,000 has also been granted through the EFF to help fish processing companies in North Shields.
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