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Article 5 Power to construct works

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(1)

The Authority may in the lines and situations and upon the lands indicated on the deposited plan and within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited plan, construct and maintain the following works, with all necessary works and conveniences connected with them—

  • Work No. 1 — An extension and deepening of the existing berth pocket at Smith Quay by means of excavation, including drilling and blasting, to a depth of 10 metres below Chart Datum (“CD”), and a width of up to 30m (excluding side slopes) of that part of Smith Quay and seabed shown on the deposited plan with a seaward extent between [E413256, N845726] & [E413124, N845723].

  • Work No. 2 — Reclamation by infilling up to 3,500 square metres of land to the north west of the existing Smith Quay and to the north of Work No. 4 to form an area of hardstanding and having rock armoured revetted slopes and retaining wall on the seaward side to a level of 7.2m above CD, the location of which is shown on the deposited plan with a seaward extent between [E413272, N845763] & [E413179, N845781].

  • Work No. 3 — Partial demolition of the existing Smith Quay berthing dolphin (including removal of the associated walkway) at the location [E413233, N845760] shown on the deposited plan.

  • Work No. 4 — Construction of an open piled jetty extension of the existing Smith Quay comprising a deck supported on piles commencing on the western end of the existing Smith Quay at a point at [E413272, N845758], extending for a distance of up to 85 metres and terminating at a point at [E413188, N845756] having a width of up to 30 metres and to a level of 6.2m above CD, the location of which is shown on the deposited plan.

  • Work No. 5 — Construction of a piled mooring dolphin to a level of 6.2m above CD accessed by steel walkway extending for a distance of up to 30 metres from the western end of the new Smith Quay (Work No. 4), terminating at a point at [E413160, N845764], the location of which is shown on the deposited plan.

(2)

The Authority may, for the purposes of the works authorised by paragraph (1), demolish and remove any structures or apparatus lying within the limits of deviation and enclose and reclaim so much of the bed of the port and of the foreshore as lies within the limits of deviation and may hold and use the same as part of the undertaking of the Authority, and so much of the seabed of the port and of the foreshore as may be reclaimed shall be deemed to be operational land within the meaning and for the purposes of the 1992 Order and section 215 of the 1997 Act.

(3)

The Authority may, within the limits of deviation, renew, reconstruct, extend, enlarge, replace, relay or otherwise alter the works authorised by paragraph (1) and may maintain the same as renewed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, replaced or relaid.