WASHINGTON: Wicklow Port has been allocated a total of €219,750 for works due to take place at the east pier and north and south quays. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, announced on Monday that Wicklow would be included as part of a €2.8 million package to assist 13 local authorities with repair works to harbours and slipways owned by them.
Wicklow County Council will receive €111,000 for strengthening and improvement works at the east pier and an additional €108,750 for strengthening and improvement works at south quay and north quay. In September of last year Wicklow Port became the first port transferred to the local authority under the National Ports Policy which was approved by the Government and published in 2013. The National Ports Policy recommended that ports of regional significance should be transferred to more appropriate local authority led governance structures. These include Wicklow, Drogheda, Dun Laoghaire, Galway and New Ross ports.
