Full steam ahead for £3m Boston marina plan
PLANS for a £3 million marina on the River Witham off Fenside have been approved following a unanimous vote by planners.
This area of land will be transformed into a 161-berth basin with facilities including a restaurant, shops and workshops once work is completed. This is estimated within eight months.
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Attending the meeting, council leader Peter Bedford said: "This is an exciting development for Boston, and justifies the county council putting £11 million funding up for the Boston Barrier and the waterways."
The application is an amendment to plans which were refused last year because of objections from residents.
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At the meeting, resident Graham Johnson told the committee he and his neighbours were worried about anti-social behaviour in the area, as there will be a wild flower meadow which is open to the public.
However, members of the committee said that measures will be put in place for this.
Coun Yvonne Gunter added: "I think this is a wonderful opportunity for Boston to open up for tourism. I think it will put us on the map."
The plans were approved with 27 conditions in place. These include the road along the side of the western embankment of the marina shall be used for emergency and maintenance vehicles only, no river craft shall be used for permanent residential accommodation and the movement of boats by vehicle within the workshop yard area shall only take place between 7.30am and 8.30pm Mondays to Fridays and from 8am and 2pm on Saturdays and at no time during Sundays and bank holidays.
Comments
by Dixie9
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 8:01PM
“I can see a few boats being tempted away from the current marina on the other side of the river, ( if the price is right ) but where are the other boats going to appear from? 161 berths are a lot to fill and there is no boom in the boating industry at the moment....in fact it is going the other way. I just counted 986 cruisers for sale on just one web site tonight! If the demand was there on the Witham, then the new marina approved for Cherry Willingham last year would have gone ahead by now. Allowing some berths to be taken by residential users might have raised a little interest, but that is not to be allowed. If they are able to lift and store boats ashore in the winter at reasonable rates, then that might just draw the customers in!”