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bky
09-Oct-08, 07:38
Found this on the BBC Scotland website:-


An industrial park is being planned as part of an expansion of Scrabster Harbour in Caithness.
Scrabster Harbour Trust and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are working together to progress the plans.
The move comes as the Pentland Firth is opened up for the development of marine energy projects.
New opportunities for employment are also being sought as the Dounreay nuclear power complex is being decommissioned.
Scrabster Harbour Trust has previously announced plans to modernise the existing oil tanker berth and to build a new deepwater quay. The industrial park would cover 30 acres.

Question is where are they going to get the land and will Thurso get its By-pass

brokencross
09-Oct-08, 08:01
Found this on the BBC Scotland website:-


An industrial park is being planned as part of an expansion of Scrabster Harbour in Caithness.
Scrabster Harbour Trust and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are working together to progress the plans.
The move comes as the Pentland Firth is opened up for the development of marine energy projects.
New opportunities for employment are also being sought as the Dounreay nuclear power complex is being decommissioned.
Scrabster Harbour Trust has previously announced plans to modernise the existing oil tanker berth and to build a new deepwater quay. The industrial park would cover 30 acres.

Question is where are they going to get the land and will Thurso get its By-pass

If it all comes off it would be a real boon for the area. Was looking at Multimap Aerial View and was wondering where any by-pass would run. Any road would have to cross the river and the railway and skirt South of Heathfield and then up the West side of town. Expensive.

Phoebus_Apollo
09-Oct-08, 10:07
I think the Bypass was/is due to come out at the top of Ormlie and out by BT somewhere.

Bobinovich
09-Oct-08, 12:34
If it all comes off it would be a real boon for the area. Was looking at Multimap Aerial View and was wondering where any by-pass would run. Any road would have to cross the river and the railway and skirt South of Heathfield and then up the West side of town. Expensive.

This post (http://forum.caithness.org/showpost.php?p=201094&postcount=41) shows the proposed route of the Western Expansion Framework Plan

Rheghead
09-Oct-08, 12:42
Wouldn't a bypass be another nail in the coffin of the Town's shopping trade?:confused

Buttercup
09-Oct-08, 16:22
Found this on the BBC Scotland website:-


An industrial park is being planned as part of an expansion of Scrabster Harbour in Caithness.
Scrabster Harbour Trust and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are working together to progress the plans.
The move comes as the Pentland Firth is opened up for the development of marine energy projects.
New opportunities for employment are also being sought as the Dounreay nuclear power complex is being decommissioned.
Scrabster Harbour Trust has previously announced plans to modernise the existing oil tanker berth and to build a new deepwater quay. The industrial park would cover 30 acres.

Question is where are they going to get the land and will Thurso get its By-pass

Probably the same place they got it before ~ claiming/reclaiming it from the sea. But then again maybe it's not to be built at the harbour (the industrial park I mean)

Tugmistress
10-Oct-08, 06:55
Scrabster harbour trust have a 30 acre site up near Holts which will be developed.
full article here (http://www.tugmistress.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=2)