November
11th 2002
The Port of Waterford has secured approval
from An Bord Pleanala to complete an ambitious
development plan for the port.
Commenting following An Bord Pleanala's
adjudication Peter Foley, Chief Executive
Officer of the Port of Waterford Company
said that 'this is terrific news for the
port, it means that we can now concentrate
on putting in place the planned port infrastructure
aimed at providing enhanced and new services
for existing and new port customers'.
'The Board of the Port of Waterford has
implemented a strategy of concentrating
port activities in a new facility at Belview
which has modern, dedicated infrastructural
components and top class connections.
The state of the art port at Belview,
Co Kilkenny is seven miles from Waterford
City. This places us in a position of
major strategic advantage versus competitor
ports as environmental concerns allied
to city congestion increasingly impact
on port operations elsewhere. The key
piece of our further development plans
was to satisfy planning requirements.
We are delighted to have completed this.
The Board has invested in excess of €750,000
as part of this process that involved
a comprehensive oral hearing phase earlier
in the year
The Port will continue its policy of
working closely with all users of the
river and our neighbours as we go forward.
This approval allows us to engage with
surety with customers as the uncertainty
surrounding planning is removed.
The development plans allow for greater
quay space, introduction of roll on /
roll off capacity, warehousing and improved
infrastructure. Our customers are increasingly
concerned with speed of port access and
supply chain considerations such as customer
driven port operations and the availability
of adjacent land for distribution centres
etc. The Port of Waterford is 100% focussed
on meeting these needs. The package we
can now offer in Belview is second to
none.
This approval follows the news that work
on the second bridge and Waterford City
bypass will shortly commence, these developments
will further improve access to the port.'
Contact:
Peter Foley, Chief Executive Officer
- 051 874907
Barbara Heade, Commercial Manager - 051
874907
Ben Gavin, Chairman 087 9978361
| Port of Waterford
supports North Quays Redevelopment
Plan |
October
11th 2002
The Chairman of the Port of Waterford
Mr Ben Gavin today confirmed that
the Port, the primary landowner of
the North Quays, was fully behind
the ambitious plans to transform the
City of Waterford. 'The
Port has for a number of years pursued
a strategy of transferring port
related activities to it's state
of the art facility downstream at
Belview. Freeing up the North Quays
was the last leg of our plans set
out by former CEO John Clancy. Our
vision was always directed at realising
the potential of the North Quays
as a fully rounded civic / residential
area. As the instigators of this
project we believe that this is
truly a great day.
We applaud the
tremendous efforts of the Office
of Public Works, Waterford City
Council and Ministers Cullen and
Parlon in getting us to this stage.
The winning entry is fantastic,
the city's waterfront will have
a completely new and vibrant life.
The Port's Board
and the management team led by CEO,
Peter Foley are keen to enter into
meaningful discussions with OPW
on the disposal and development
of the site. The resolution of this
issue will enable us to programme
with certainty the replacement facilities
that will be required at Belview
and to make this design happen quickly.' |
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