{"id":875,"date":"2019-06-20T22:13:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T22:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/?p=875"},"modified":"2019-06-20T22:22:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T22:22:02","slug":"summer-visit-to-aberdeen-harbour-expansion-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/2019\/summer-visit-to-aberdeen-harbour-expansion-project\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER VISIT TO ABERDEEN HARBOUR EXPANSION PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/aberdeen\/files\/Abdn-Harbour-Group-e1561068724459-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-876\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aberdeen Harbour, one of the UK&#8217;s busiest ports, is being transformed to develop new facilities and associated infrastructure at Nigg Bay, to the south of the existing harbour. The construction will facilitate increased capacity and will accommodate the larger vessels now associated with a whole range of existing and new markets.<\/p>\n<p>This \u00a3350 million project will continue for three years, and its scheduled completion date is in the summer of 2020. In this time, breakwaters, quays, improved access roads to support the new development, road re-alignment, parking and means of access, temporary construction and fabrication areas and other associated development including, paths, lighting, and signage will be built.<\/p>\n<p>The visitor&#8217;s centre is full of fascinating facts and display boards about the project and about the history of Aberdeen harbour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/aberdeen\/files\/Abdn-Harbour-4-e1561069302173-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-882\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed an informative talk from Teresa and Havier about the complexity of this new development and how much work has gone into protecting the environment in and around the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/aberdeen\/files\/Abdn-Harbour-2-e1561068690503-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-877\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/aberdeen\/files\/Abdn-Harbour-1-e1561068670233-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-878\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/aberdeen\/files\/Abdn-Harbour-3-e1561068629964-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-879\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aberdeen Harbour, one of the UK&#8217;s busiest ports, is being transformed to develop new facilities&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SUMMER VISIT TO ABERDEEN HARBOUR EXPANSION PROJECT | SI Aberdeen SUMMER VISIT TO ABERDEEN HARBOUR EXPANSION PROJECT | News | Blog | Events | SI Aberdeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Aberdeen : Blog &amp; News : SUMMER VISIT TO ABERDEEN HARBOUR EXPANSION PROJECT : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Aberdeen . 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