obanbaymarine
...promoting a short stay transit marina for the heart of Oban Bay, on the West Coast of Scotland...
The community not for profit company (OBM) was formed by a volunteer group with a vision to re-awaken the potential of Oban's exceptional marine location in the heart of the West Coast which has a longstanding maritime heritage.
OBM have achieved a great deal to date and have in place full planning
consent permission for a 50 berth
town centre transit marina. Argyll and Bute Council's Oban CHORD Project Board
offered OBM a grant of £900,000 in November 2008, following which the project was on “hold”
for almost 2 years pending the outcome of its consultant's deliberations, until
the recent announcement it cannot assist.
The Board of OBM acknowledged the widespread dismay which continues to be
expressed by the Scottish marine tourism and leisure industry at the failure of
the
CHORD programme to support this imaginative initiative, and following further encouragement
from our supporters including our MP and MSPs, the Board has recently approached 2 nationally known marina construction companies asking
for input on a “design and build” basis for the project. This has
produced refined and improved design ideas, indicated cost reductions and
savings, and shown increased income potential.
press
release, February 2011 (50kb)
OBM made a short presentation outlining these revised ideas to a joint meeting with representatives from interested harbour users around Oban Harbour on March 15th 2011, repeated for the members during the AGM the same evening.
excerpt
from presentation 15th March 2011 (large file -
1.7MB)
Further meetings are planned - details to follow - as we continue to explore ways forward, and the Board remains unanimous in its determination to steer the project through to commissioning.
Summer 2011 - As reported in the local press, OBM commissioned a site survey including ground investigation, overwater geophysics and laboratory investigation for the proposed transit marina location. The results will determine the approach to the next phase of the project.
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| area to be dredged for the proposed transit marina location | overlooking the proposed transit marina location |