What is being done now is the final phase of dredging where the embankments will be located. The embankments have been built continuously and filled in as the dredging progressed. Dredging in the fairway has started and preparatory work for maintenance dredging in the southern port has begun. The creation of new land surfaces will be completed next summer.
In environmental terms, we are incredibly pleased that we are so far below the limit values allowed in existing water judgments. The textile screens and bubble curtains installed around the work areas are working better than expected.
When the project is completed, 5 ha of new land has been built in water, which together with the 3 ha of existing land has created an 8 ha area that will become the future port area.
Port of Skellefteå has submitted an application to the Land and Environmental Court regarding the construction of the approximately 260 m long quay to be built in connection with the new land area. The application also includes some dredging work to create a fairway depth of at least 11 meters.