1.
2007: Greystones Harbour Silted & Walls Collapsed for
110 years ! Cllr Derek Mitchell

2.
Greystones Harbour
• 1888 Built amid controversy
• Silting & wall collapses
• 1930 Storm 15 houses disappear
• 1960’s Kish Base
• 1980 WCC tidal study
• 1990’s Tracey & Gubay plans
• 1998 Think-Tank & Arup/Noone study
• 1999 Plan adopted by WCC
• 2001 Client’s Representative appointed to advise how to
procure project and to procure as PPP.
• 2005 CPO Foreshore, Land & close Rights of Way
Cllr. Derek Mitchell

3.
Greystones harbour
•Town expand 40%. As large as Wexford
Town or Sligo
•Need for Focal Point and Community
Facilities
•Wicklow fastest growing Maritime County
•Least Sea Access Points. 6 as against Galway 197.
Cllr. Derek Mitchell

4.
2013: PUBLIC SQUARE as TOWN FOCAL POINT
Leisure Use of Sea as Central Feature of Town
Recreation Centre for Expanding Population
Cllr. Derek Mitchell
Public Access to Sea

5.
Cllr. Derek Mitchell
Clubhouses & Boatyards for Sea Scouts, Rowers,Divers, Sailors,
Anglers, CoastGuard
2 Public All Tide Launch Slips
Area for Shows, tall columns for banners and festive decorations
Good lighting, canopies, cafes, grass mounds, striking paving.

6.
Copenhagen Model. North East Gale.
Inner Basin Calm enough to moor boats
Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell

7.
Smaller harbour considered 2003
• Main Problem
• -As rough or rougher than previous harbour
• -Silt up as much as previous
• Thus unsafe to moor boats!
• Minor Problems
• -Bad Architecturally
• -Need €8m subsidy from somebody
• -Not all users catered for
• 10 Other designs considered. Either unacceptable
or not viable.
Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell

8.
Start of Building 2008
Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell

9.
Wall Section
Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell

10.
Cllr. Derek Mitchell

11.
Greystones Harbour Storm during Construction Cllr Derek Mitchell

12.
Cllr. Derek Mitchell
July 2009

13.
Entrance
Roundhead being
built.
Cllr Derek
Mitchell

14.
Cllr Derek Mitchell
January 2010

15.
January 2010
Greystones Harbour Cllr Derek Mitchell

16.
Greystones Harbour Plan Cllr Derek Mitchell

17.
January 2011

18.
230 Berths, Boardwalk, New Beach, 375 Homes,
Shops, No Government Funding, Primary Health Care
Centre added
Cllr Derek Mitchell

19.
Greystones Harbour Plan October 2011 Cllr Derek Mitchell
D1

20.
Slide 19
D1 cllr Derek Mit
DMitchell, 20/10/2011

21.
Greystones Harbour Plan October 2011 Cllr Derek Mitchell

22.
Achievement
• Good selection & management to keep going in
crisis. Largest leisure project in Ireland.
• Compare Dublin Docklands Authority. €200+m
taxpayers money, nothing achieved later on.
• Greystones. Virtually no taxpayers money, new
harbour built as Town ‘Icon’ and central feature.
• Recognition. World Conference, International
Magazines, Afloat.
• Delays Happen. DART campaign took 22 years.
Greystones Harbour Cllr. Derek Mitchell