ROSSLARE HARBOR DEVELOPMENT - NEW FERRY BERTH

Rosslare Harbour, the largest ferryport in the Irish Republic, has rec ently undergone substantial development. This Paper describes the desi gn and construction of the new ferry berth on the western side of the new pier. The main features of this berth are: a 25 m wide single deck link-span designed to accommodate an upper deck, if required at a lat er stage; a 50 m extension to the pier; a mobile passenger gangway; a quay wall for fishery trawlers; a minimum dredged depth of 7.5 m (-7.5 m Port Datum). The main contract required the dredging or excavation and the reclamation of 434 000 m3 of materials, including 123 000 m3 o f rock, over an area of 61 500 m2, and the construction of a new Fishe rmen's Quay about 184 m long. As the execution of the Works was based on the concept of constructing the Fishermen's Quay in the dry, this n ecessitated the construction of a water-retaining bund and the dewater ing of the enclosed area, the procedures for which are also described in the Paper.