Peel Marina silt removal project underway

Tue, 04 Feb 2020

A project to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina is now fully underway.

The Government has also confirmed construction of a drainage pool is progressing well.

Contractor Land and Water Services Limited (LAWS) is undertaking the work on behalf of the Department of Infrastructure and is building the temporary pool in a field upstream from the Marina, beyond the Power Station site.

Once completed it will be will be around 2.5 metres deep and measuring roughly 70m by 100m.

Dredging is due to start in early March using a long reach excavator on a floating barge. The material will be transported 450 metres in purpose-designed trailers to the pool.