UK: Falmouth Harbour Dredging Begins Next Year ?

The Falmouth harbour dredging plans could be submitted in the coming few weeks, and if successful could see a full scale of dredging works start next year.

This would enable a ship repair firm A&P Falmouth to work on bigger vessels and allow more cruise ships to dock at Falmouth – both of which would pump millions of pounds into the Cornish economy.

“Our prospects for growth are going to be very limited unless we can increase the depth of water in the approach (to Falmouth),” stated Captain Mark Sansom, chief executive and harbourmaster of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners.

But, Conservationists are skeptic about this plan.

“The dredging work would have a significant adverse impact on the marine environment,” they say.

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Dredging Today Staff, January 30, 2012;