Sound Of Barra Integrated Transport Project
Ceann a Gharaidh - 31 March 2001
31 March 2001
Breakwater: rock armour 99 per cent complete; 99 per cent total rock fill completed
Slipway: mass concrete berthing wall - 40.5m length cast; divers were on site for underwater concreting of walls and slab; fender pile concrete foundations - total of 2 cast (of 9) and part of timber frame erected
24 March 2001
Breakwater: rock armour 99 per cent complete; 99 per cent total rock fill completed
Slipway: mass concrete berthing wall - 31.5m length cast; divers on site for underwater concreting of walls and slab; fender pile concrete foundations begun - 2 cast
17 March 2001
Marshalling Area: rock excavation substantially complete; scaling faces in progress
Breakwater: rock armour 90 per cent complete; 95 per cent total rock fill completed
Slipway: mass concrete berthing wall 22.5m length cast; fender pile concrete foundations begun
Access Road: rock armour at shore in progress
10 March 2001
Marshalling Area: rock excavation substantially complete, reinstatement in progress
Breakwater: rock armouring in progress - 80 per cent complete, 90% total rock fill completed
Slipway: mass concrete berthing wall begun - 10m length cast
Access Road: cutting and filling substantially complete; ditching in progress
3 March 2001
Marshalling Area: blasting completed - rock extraction continuing - over 90 per cent complete
Breakwater: rock armouring in progress - 70 per cent complete
Slipway: fill, armour and preparation for concrete works
Access Road: 80 per cent completed