Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour
Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which aims to meet the increased demands of the pelagic fleet. The project became a reality earlier this year after securing £ 5m of Scottish Government funds.
The project will see £33.5m invested in new quayside infrastructure including a 200m long, all weather deepwater berth at the Smith Embankment and 13,000 sq/m of adjacent reclaimed land.
A construction contract was awarded in January 2009 to a joint venture of Westminster Dredging and R J McLeod. Onsite work commenced last month with completion scheduled for September 2010.
The first phase will be to complete dredging of the approaches to the new quay (to 9m chart datum) and berth (10m chart datum). The dredged material will mainly be used to reclaim land at the Smith Embankment. This will be followed by construction of an 85m long extension to the Albert Quay breakwater and finally by completion of the quay at Smith Embankment.
Local stone has been quarried for the base and core of the new breakwater. Larger rock armour, weighing 10 to16 tons, is being brought in from Sweden.
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