Project to remove Peel Marina silt begins next week

A project to remove around 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina will begin next week.

A temporary draining pool will be built upstream past the power station site, the first phase of dredging will begin in early March with the entire initiative expected to be finished in spring or summer 2022..

Meanwhile, the Department of Infrastructure is putting forward plans early this year for a strategic waste facility to hold the material at Turkeylands Quarry in Malew.

Chairman of the Peel Marina Project Board, Tim Baker MHK, believes dealing with the silt this way works well from both an environmental and financial perspective.