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Sunday 20 November 2011

Penzance harbour - the future!

PENZANCE HARBOUR
THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS



Here's a chance to have your say and get involved with the most important maritime development in Penwith since some bright spark at PDC (now well defunct) in a stroke of pure genius saw fit to fill in the existing harbour to make a car park - probably the only harbour in the world to have taken that course of action.


Head over to this new web site and check out the ways in which you could make a difference - http://www.pzharbourfutures.org/

Click on the map to see more information.

For an example of what can be achieved with a little foresight and taking advantage of EU funding, look no further than the tiny Breton port of Saint Quai Portrieux - a town much smaller than Penzance but with a much bigger vision of how things should be when you have been gifted a natural harbour to start with - rather than fill in the existing harbour to make a car and lorry park, the French built two new breakwaters and created a huge port for the local fishing fleet - all of 5 boats over 10m! and a 550 berth yacht marina when before there were any yachts using the port at all!