Donegal’s piers took a hammering in recent storms
Fine Gael Minister Joe McHugh, has said that €723,750 has been allocated to Donegal County Council for the repair and development of harbours and slipways in 2016.
The funding is part of a €4.5 million national funding package announced by Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Simon Coveney, to carry out repair works following recent storms and severe weather.
“Unfortunately the severe weather and storms that we experienced this winter have caused damage to piers, harbours and slipways around Donegal,” McHugh told Donegal Daily last night.
“I have been working closely with Minister Coveney to secure funding for the repair and future protection of harbours and I am delighted with the announcement that Donegal County Council is to receive over half a million in funding for this purpose.
“Here in Donegal we depend so much on our piers and harbours for fisheries, marine leisure and tourism, so they are crucial to the protection of local jobs. Our harbours, piers and slipways also serve as vital infrastructure for access to local people, and so it is extremely important that we repair them when damaged and also weather proof them against future damage.
“This funding allocation is part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marines’ 2016 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The Department co-funds up to 75% the total cost of approved projects with the Local Authority providing the balance.
“It is thanks to our recovering economy that we can make these kinds of investments in our piers and harbours. They are so crucial to our fisheries, tourism and marine leisure sectors and they are of fundamental importance in terms access for local people.
“Fine Gael has a long term economic plan designed to keep the recovery going which will ensure we can continue to make these kinds of investments. The plan has three steps: more and better jobs, making work pay more than welfare, and investment in better public services, which will only be possible as a result of the increased revenue generated by creating more jobs. This plan will ensure that more people feel the benefits of a recovering economy in their own lives.”
List of works:
Buncrana Harbur
Dredging required as Harbour is unusable and inaccessible except for during periods of high tide
37,500
Magheraroarty Harbour
Dredging required as Harbour can only be accessed during periods of high tide
37,500
Ballysaggart Pier
Seaward side of pier has suffered damage due to storms & requires a reinforced concrete repair
5,625
Innishboffin Slipway & Boatyard
Construct a sea wall to protect the boatyard and re deck sections of the slipway and boatyard
75,000
Leabgarrow Pier
Underpin head of the pier with structural concrete. Steps to boat yard aso need extending due to erosion
7,500
Gortnasade Slipway
Provide concrete decking with compacted fill underneath
15,000
Portnablagh
Replace missing quay stones with existing or matching stone and carry out pointing
7,500
Downings Pier
Access the back of the pier wall (seaward side) and fill void with concrete
5,625
Port Tormore
Carry out strengthening works to pier. Re-construct section of wall damaged by storms
37,500
Muckross
Re-construct section of pier damaged by storms
56,250
Safety of Access to Aids to Navigation
Improve access to A to N structures with a vew to establishing maintenance contracts for the maintenance of Aids
37,500
Repairs to Quay Wall at Burtonport
Wall requires taking down, rebuilding using original cut granite stone and compacting fill behind the wall
15,000
Bunagee Pier
Reconstruct head of pier to provide additional berth that was lost as a result of breakwater
90,000
Ballywhoriskey Pier
Concrete under quay wall piles adjacent to slip where cavities exist. Also dredge at end of pier to maintain depth and provide anchors for seasonal pontoons
22,500
Carrickfinn Pier
Provide light on pier
7,500
Carntullagh
Construct new deck to existing slipway
15,000
Binwee Pier
Fit new ladder and construct section of sea wall
11,250
Ballywhoriskey Pier
Provide new hydraulic crane at pier
75,000
Cladnageeragh
Provide new small crane on pier
22,500
Gola Island
Provide new crane on pier
30,000
Gortnasade Slipway
Improve existing facility to provide a sheltered basin for small leisure craft.
37,500
Rutland Island
Repair stone pier at old fish processing plant to enable facility to be developed as an amenity for visiting leisure craft
75,000
TOTAL: 723,750
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