Terminal 2 at Port of Dover gets green light
The Government has today given the formal go-ahead for Dover’s second ferry terminal.
Approving the £400 million Terminal 2 will effectively double the capacity of the ferry port. However, the terminal will only be built as and when market conditions require its construction.
Dover port chiefs have declared the ruling a “significant vote of confidence” in the strategic direction of the port and that the Government expects traffic through the gateway to increase substantially beyond the current economic slump.
The approval also allows the related waterfront enabling works that are the necessary pre-cursor to the regeneration of this part of Dover, a development described locally as the catalyst for Dover’s renaissance.
Bob Goldfield, chief executive of the Port of Dover, said: “This is a great day for the port and its long term future, for our local community and for the long-term resilience of the UK economy, all of which have been at the forefront of our minds during the development of this scheme.”
Director of port development, Mike Krayenbrink, who managed the master planning process added: “The scale and detail of consultation that has been undertaken at all levels over the past few years has been unprecedented. It is a clear indication of how seriously we take our responsibility to develop the port both as a national asset and as a key part of the local community.
Terminal 2 will be the single biggest development ever to be undertaken by Dover Harbour Board and will become the second biggest ferry terminal in the UK after Dover’s existing ferry terminal in the Eastern Docks.
Source: BusinessforKent.co.uk
