Greystones harbour Presentation

2007: Greystones Harbour Silted & Walls Collapsed

for 110 years ! Cllr Derek Mitchell

Greystones Harbour• 1888 Built amid controversy• Silting & wall collapses• 1930 Storm 15 houses disappear• 1960’s Kish Base• 1980 WCC tidal study• 1990’s Tracey & Gubay plans• 1998 Think-Tank & Arup/Noone study• 1999 Plan adopted by WCC• 2001 Client’s Representative appointed to advise

how to procure project and to procure as PPP.

Cllr. Derek MitchellCllr. Derek Mitchell

Greystones harbour•Town expand 40%. As large as Wexford Town or Sligo

•Need for Focal Point and Community Facilities

•Wicklow fastest growing Maritime County

•Least Sea Access Points. 6 as against Galway 197.


2014: PUBLIC SQUARE as TOWN FOCAL POINT

Leisure Use of Sea as Central Feature of Town

Recreation Centre for Expanding Population

Public Access to SeaCllr. Derek MitchellCllr. Derek Mitchell

Clubhouses & Boatyards for Sea Scouts, Rowers,Divers, Sailors, Anglers, CoastGuard

2 Public All Tide Launch Slips

Area for Shows, tall columns for banners and festive decorations

Good lighting, canopies, cafes, grass mounds, striking paving.


Copenhagen Model 2006. No Waves

Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell

Copenhagen Model. North East Gale.Inner Basin Calm enough to moor boats


Smaller harbour considered 2003

• Main Problem• -As rough or rougher than previous harbour• -Silt up as much as previous• Thus unsafe to moor boats!• Minor Problems• -Bad Architecturally• -Need €8m subsidy from somebody• -Not all users catered for

• 10 Other designs considered. Either unacceptable or not viable.


Start of Building 2008


May 2008, Greystones Harbour Temporary Causeway

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Wall Section



Greystones Harbour Storm during Construction Cllr Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Storm during Construction Cllr Derek Mitchell

July 2009Cllr. Derek MitchellCllr. Derek Mitchell

Entrance Roundhead being built.

Cllr Derek Mitchell

Entrance Roundhead being built.

Cllr Derek Mitchell

January 2010 Cllr Derek MitchellCllr Derek Mitchell

January 2010

Greystones Harbour Cllr Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Cllr Derek Mitchell

March 2010 Greystones Harbour


Greystones Harbour Plan Cllr Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Plan Cllr Derek Mitchell

230 Berths, Boardwalk, New Beach, 341 Apartments, Shops, No Government Funding


Now. Greystones Harbour

• All marine work, including 2 Public Slipways, finished October 2010. €40m+

• Block D. Finish Oct 2011 if tenant finalised.

• Then most hoardings down and square open possibly with temporary surfaces

• Oct 2014 contract deadline


Achievement

• Good selection & management to keep going in crisis. Largest leisure project in Ireland.

• Compare Dublin Docklands Authority. €200+m taxpayers money, nothing achieved.

• Greystones. Virtually no taxpayers money, new harbour built as Town ‘Icon’ and central feature.

• Recognition. World Conference, International Magazines, Afloat.

• Delays Happen. DART campaign took 22 years.


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Greystones harbour Presentation