The
Statistics
The
final quantities relating to the Eriskay Causeway's construction
were :
Causeway
length 1650m, road length 2750m
Total
rock in permanent works = 700,000 tonnes That was made
up of 450,000 tonnes from the quarry above Glendale and 250,000
tonnes from Eriskay where the access road is being cut.
The
total cost of construction alone was planned to be £8,650,000,
with the entire project costed at £9.4 million.
There
are new approach roads totalling 1.1km on South Uist and Eriskay.
Included
in the project were ferry terminals on both Eriskay and Barra
for the vehicle ferry link between the Islands, the last link
in north/south communications between the Islands.
Comhairle
nan Eilean Siar has put £2 million into the project with
£4.1 million coming from the Scottish Executive's Public
Transport Fund and the rest from European Objective 1 (£2.82
million) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (£500,000).
The
causeway to Eriskay was the largest civil engineering project
of its type under way in the United Kingdom in 2000-2001. It
is the latest in a series of fixed links built in the Western
Isles.
The
causeway carries a two-track road, a new water main and mains
electricity replacing the existing underwater cable.
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