Sound Of Barra Integrated Transport Project

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