A young swimmer braved the cold of the River Tay yesterday to mark the
official opening of a transformed harbour.
Robert Saunderson, 17, performed the ceremony at Broughty Ferry
Harbour, Dundee.
Improvements have been carried out on the harbour area including
renewed paving, new protective railings on the harbour walls, new
seating and litter bins, reconstruction of the Beach Crescent approach
and a new car parking layout on the Castle approach road specifically
angled to give good views of the harbour area.
A high viewing tower has been created at the end of the west pier and
street lighting in the area has been refurbished.
Yesterday, Robert, of Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, holder of the
record for swimming the River Tay seven times continuously, swam into
the harbour and pulled the opening tape to unfurl the Dundee -- City of
Discovery flag atop the new viewing tower.
He said: ''The water is quite cold just now. This is something
different, but I've been swimming in the harbour lots of times.''
The improvement work was carried out by Scottish Enterprise Tayside,
Dundee District Council and Tayside Regional Council working together in
the Dundee Partnership.
Scottish Enterprise Tayside contributed #152,000 towards the project
with #118,000 from Dundee District Council and #44,000 from Tayside
Regional Council.
A further stage in the improvements has been the installation of
floodlighting of nearby Broughty Ferry Castle.
The #25,000 cost was met by Scottish Enterprise Tayside and the
running and maintenance costs will be met by Dundee District Council.
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