GREYMOUTH HARBOR

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11123, 5 February 1930, Page 7

GREYMOUTH HARBOR

h.\ ! KXS! \ h SCHEME i UK L\LiMlU\ LUiiM’s. iPress Associations Cl i!h\.UUi > it, Eeb. 4. At the iiarboi mount meeting to. U'glit tile i-airmail, -Mi'. Josepn ju Lean, suomitteu au outline ami piau prepared by .ur. it. Gordon Aieol. .U.EC.C.. * iL.I.-U.t'-.. Abei - uei'ii. harbor engineer and eousulimg engineer to the Scottish i'lshei hoard lor a scheme to improve tne harbor. It provides tor the eonsu ration ot two lung curved breakwaters extending mun the toresliore. one on eaen side ot the existing harbor entrance: liiese a mild leave the entuuice about •Suo loot wide at low water, and enclose au additional water area out-uie the present/ piers, thus lorming a stilling basin. ’lnc depth in the entrance oliaiinel then eon hi be maintained by dredging. Ihe depth i>i Water in which the breakwaters will be constructed would prevent silting at ihe entrance from the action -of the sea. I l'A 1 breakwaters would be between hU’JO and

feet long. Ihe existence of a vast supply of material tor the construction 111 close proximity to the port, is noted by -Mr. Nicol from whom Mr. McLean obtained the scheme mi Ins (.Mr. McLean's) own initiative during a recent, visit to Scotland.

'l.'he report adds: "Hie requiremeiits of navigation here necessitate the entrance being m deep water, also facing the direction of the worst seas, and that the present walls, if continued, would require to be narrowed too much tor safety. The board decided 10-night to obtain a report by the- Engineet'-iu-Chief and by its own engineer, 011 Mr. Nichols' proposals. ami to heartily thank the chairman for securing the report.