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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. • 2005 CPO Foreshore, Land & close Rights of Way
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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.
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2013: 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.
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Copenhagen Model. North East Gale.Inner Basin Calm enough to moor boats
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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.
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Start of Building 2008
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Wall Section
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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.
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Entrance Roundhead being built.
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January 2010 Cllr Derek MitchellCllr Derek Mitchell
January 2010
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Greystones Harbour Plan Cllr Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Plan Cllr Derek Mitchell
January 2011
230 Berths, Boardwalk, New Beach, 375 Homes, Shops, No Government Funding, Primary Health Care
Centre added
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Greystones Harbour Plan October 2011 Cllr Derek MitchellGreystones Harbour Plan October 2011 Cllr Derek Mitchell
Greystones Harbour Plan October 2011 Cllr Derek Mitchell
It Opens-----November 2011
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Achievement
• Good selection & management to keep going in crisis. Largest leisure project in Ireland.
• Compare Dublin Docklands Authority. €200+m taxpayers money, nothing achieved later on.
• 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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