Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order empowers the trustees of the harbours of Peterhead:–

(1)

To deepen a portion of the south entrance channel to the harbours;

(2)

To reclaim land and construct a new berthing face and a new pier and breakwater, to be known as Merchants Quay, in substitution for part of the works authorised by the Peterhead Harbours (South Bay Development) Order 1985;

(3)

To construct a new pier, pontoon and support frame adjacent to West Pier;

(4)

Temporarily to close to vessels the area of the proposed works and to remove vessels from that area.