Smooth Point Pier Extension, Killybegs

Contracting Authority: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

This project involved the extension of the existing quay wall at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre which included the construction of new combi quay wall structure, dredging in rock and removal of dredged rock to a storage site within Killybegs F.H.C. Construction of a piled relieving slab and installation of associated services.

The works also involved the following:

• Environmental dredging of approximately 24,500 cubic metres of contaminated marine sediments
• Stabilisation of the dredge material within the Fishery Harbour Centre
• Removal of the stabilised material from site for re-use or disposal
• Removal of an existing stockpile of inert clay (circa 13,000 cubic metres) from the harbour
• Putting in place all necessary waste permits, licences or permissions required to lawfully stabilise the dredged material and remove it from site for re-use or disposal.

This project is part supported by the Irish government and the European Maritime & Fisheries Fund as part of the EMFF Operational Programme for 2014-2020.

The project was completed in May 2023.