Major Scottish marine park upgrade completes

New utility connections, new roadways and the purchase of extra land to make the site more usable are among the developments that completed last month.

The improvement works at the facility in Greenock have been taking place over the last two years as part of a joint venture partnership between Peel Ports Clydeport and Inverclyde Council and funded through the Glasgow City Region City Deal.

“We are hugely committed to Greenock and Inverclyde, as shown by our recent £25m purchase of new cranes and supporting infrastructure for the Port of Greenock,” said Jim McSporran, port director at Peel Ports Clydeport.

“We continue to invest in the development of Inchgreen to attract the right opportunities, despite the difficult economic conditions meaning we can take nothing for granted.

The marine park work included investment on a new-look entrance gate as well as the purchase of additional acres of land at the park.

The project also included the refurbishment of the site’s platers’ shed, upgrades to quay walls, dredging to bring water levels down to navigational depth, removing old structures, as well as improving lighting, electrics and internal roadways across the site.

The site is next to the port group’s Inchgreen Dry Dock, which is suitable for a wide range of marine-based engineering activities, from shipbuilding to decommissioning.