Most of the boats currently moored in the harbour will have to be moved for up to four months from the start of next month while about 24,000 tonnes of sand and gravel are dredged.
Jersey Harbours said that the money for the project would be taken from the Ports of Jersey Trading Fund, and once the project was finished, the harbour would not need to be dredged again for at least ten years.
The company that won the contract, Geomarine, said that half of the removed sediment would be transported by road to La Collette to be recycled so sand and gravel could be reused, while the other half would be taken away on a barge and dumped five miles south of Jersey.
Geomarine project manager Iain Barclay said that the Island’s wide tidal range made the task more difficult. He said that most of the boats would have to be removed from the harbour except those which are moored along the wall next to the Boulevard.
Full story in Thursday’s JEP
