Hovercraft / ferry service from Fife to Portobello?

[rapunzell]

[Grunk]

[allaboardtheskylark]

[Pal of Porty]

[seanie]

Portobello Community Council is going to object to the planning application on various grounds.

[wangi]

[seanie]

[wangi]

[Maria]

[wangi]

[Maria]

[Grunk]

[seanie]

[Makaveli]

[Maria]

[Bob Jefferson]

[seanie]

[wangi]

[Maria]

[cuth]

admin: merged

This is an extract from an item placed on the OJEU tender portal earlier this week:

The City of Edinburgh Council and Fife Council are considering options by undertaking a market sounding exercise for the procurement of a Cross Forth passenger vessel service across the Forth Estuary between Fife and Edinburgh. The route could be a combination of one or more of the following points - Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Granton, Leith and Portobello. Other potential routes will also be considered. The anticipated crossing time should be around 20 minutes or better.

There is no preferred vessel type although its capacity should be no less than 75 passengers, be DDA compliant and operate in wave heights up to 2m.

The service will ideally operate seven days a week, 16 hours a day with a 30 minute or better frequency during peak times. It is expected that this will be a self financing operation and no public subsidy will be available for its operation.
It is expected that arrangements should be in place for integrated public transport on both sides of the Forth and passenger waiting facilities should also be provided. It is anticipated that the capital costs associated with the construction of Port/Landing infrastructure would be borne by the Operator.

There has been an extensive study on the feasibility of a Cross Forth Passenger Vessel service including business viability reports, infrastructure option reports, demand forecasting reports and a STAG appraisal and will be made available at a later stage.

The operation, length and management of the service have yet to be confirmed.
Water transport services. Transport services \(excl. Waste transport\). Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods.Ferry transport services.

[Bob Jefferson]

From the EN Letters Page recently:

[Bob Jefferson]

And the article referred to:

[wangi]

The planning application received a number of updated documents in September/October; see:

http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/ ... /03359/FUL

In amongst these would seem to be a change to the façade of the slip area on the Prom to suggest beach huts? See this PDF for full detail; excerpt attached.

http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/ ... =506954639

[wangi]

[rapunzell]

I don't know what council non-financial support means. Perhaps the councillors are going to give big hugs to all the workmen

[seanie]

[Franck]

[Porty]

[Porty]

[Porty]

[Porty]

The planning application is on the agenda today, after a recent site visit by the DMSC. Officers are again proposing it is granted. We will see.

[cuth]

[Bazza]

[wangi]

That's a shame, but rather irrelevant given lack of funding and firm commitment to operate.

As I said earlier in the thread a few times Stagecoach really damaged their own case by expecting people to understand what a 5dB noise reduction is. And utterly failing to give meaningful examples to describe it.

(Another victory for Portobello Against Absolutely F' Everything)

[Bazza]