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FEATURED GALWAY HARBOUR EXTENSION
CLIENT | BAM

PROJECT

TOBIN SERVICES:

Galway Harbour Company has for some years, been developing proposals for Galway Harbour Extension
to address severe constraints to their operations within the existing harbour, resulting from:

Severely restricted access

Tidal and gated inner harbour
Uneconomic vessel size capacity
Channel too shallow
Port draught and dimensions too limiting
Inadequate quay length and limited berthage

The New Port development will address all of the above constraints and provide improved infrastructure
to consolidate existing business, develop new business and services, provide for the international cruise
liner business and facilitate the economic growth of the region.

TOBIN Consulting Engineers were appointed as Lead Engineering Consultants and EIS coordinators to
examine the feasibility of developing the harbour into a state of the art facility which will address the
existing constraints and allow the harbour to capitalise on its full potential.

Services Provided
Feasibility Study
Preliminary Design
EIS
Preparation of Planning Documents

For circa forty years TOBIN have been working with Galway Harbour Company, helping them to achieve
their vision of Galway as the key logistical port for the West of Ireland. TOBIN initially helped to unlock
the key constraint of road access, by redesign of roads to safely partition port and public traffic in the
area, leading to a much more efficient operation of the port. The development of the Harbour Enterprise

Park permitted the relocation of the heavy industry port users, including oil storage, away from the city
waterfront area, and it released the original property to high-grade residential and commercial
development, with an inner dock yacht marina, providing further revenue to the port, and bringing it
centrally into the life of the city.

The Galway Harbour Company have now embarked on the Galway Harbour Extension, currently at
Environmental Impact Appraisal stage, and classified as a Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID)
under Irish planning law. A planning application was lodged with An Bord Pleanála in January 2014.

TOBIN have managed all of these developments for the Galway Harbour Company, handling Marina and
Harbour Design, preparation of various Licences and Permits, long term Development Planning and
Feasibility Studies, Environmental Impact Assessments and the comprehensive Stakeholder
Consultation that accompanies such an important project in the civic life of Galway.