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The GIVE US BACK OUR HARBOUR Committee Meeting Room | The Beach House | The Harbour | Greystones | Co Wicklow Email: [email protected] Web: facebook.com/groups/greystones Mission statement The GIVE US BACK OUR HARBOUR group was set up in April 2011 after work at the Greystones Harbour construction site came to a full stop, with no indication that public access to the harbour amenity would be restored 3.5 years after it was taken away. The sole objective of the group is to have the new harbour immediately restored to public use as an amenity for the community of Greystones, and as part of that to have the hoardings surrounding much of the site removed. In the plans for the harbour, both as originally approved by An Bórd Pleanála and in the latest version, a significant area of the harbour near the existing retail premises is intended to become a public plaza with a small inharbour beach, entirely open to the public. The harbour walls or piers are also intended to be accessible by the public at large. Construction work on the harbour itself is now complete. Given the economic downturn and the collapse of the property market, no further construction work on any further phase of the plan is likely to start for some time. As the community has been deprived of the harbour amenity for three and a half years, and the removal of the hoardings is now about 18 months behind schedule, the GIVE US BACK OUR HARBOUR group has one simple demand: remove the hoardings and give us back access to our harbour, which has always been the core marine amenity in the town and an important part of community life. The group will organise petitions, lobbies, demonstrations and protests in order to achieve our aim of having the hoardings around the site taken down and the harbour amenity returned to the people so that they can enjoy it during the summer of 2011. We do not intend that the people of Greystones and visitors to our town to be deprived of this amenity for a fourth successive summer. We believe this is a simple issue with a simple solution. We expect our public representatives, council officials, and the developers to show a positive, cando attitude and act immediately to restore to the public the harbour amenity which we and our visitors previously enjoyed for decades.

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Page 1: Mission Statement

The GIVE US BACK OUR HARBOUR Committee

Meeting Room | The Beach House | The Harbour | Greystones | Co Wicklow Email: [email protected] Web: facebook.com/groups/greystones

Mission  statement    The  GIVE  US  BACK  OUR  HARBOUR  group  was  set  up  in  April  2011  after  work  at  the  Greystones  Harbour  construction  site  came  to  a  full  stop,  with  no  indication  that  public  access  to  the  harbour  amenity  would  be  restored  3.5  years  after  it  was  taken  away.    The  sole  objective  of  the  group  is  to  have  the  new  harbour  immediately  restored  to  public  use  as  an  amenity  for  the  community  of  Greystones,  and  as  part  of  that  to  have  the  hoardings  surrounding  much  of  the  site  removed.    In  the  plans  for  the  harbour,  both  as  originally  approved  by  An  Bórd  Pleanála  and  in  the  latest  version,  a  significant  area  of  the  harbour  near  the  existing  retail  premises  is  intended  to  become  a  public  plaza  with  a  small  in-­‐harbour  beach,  entirely  open  to  the  public.  The  harbour  walls  or  piers  are  also  intended  to  be  accessible  by  the  public  at  large.    Construction  work  on  the  harbour  itself  is  now  complete.  Given  the  economic  downturn  and  the  collapse  of  the  property  market,  no  further  construction  work  on  any  further  phase  of  the  plan  is  likely  to  start  for  some  time.        As  the  community  has  been  deprived  of  the  harbour  amenity  for  three  and  a  half  years,  and  the  removal  of  the  hoardings  is  now  about  18  months  behind  schedule,  the  GIVE  US  BACK  OUR  HARBOUR  group  has  one  simple  demand:  remove  the  hoardings  and  give  us  back  access  to  our  harbour,  which  has  always  been  the  core  marine  amenity  in  the  town  and  an  important  part  of  community  life.    The  group  will  organise  petitions,  lobbies,  demonstrations  and  protests  in  order  to  achieve  our  aim  of  having  the  hoardings  around  the  site  taken  down  and  the  harbour  amenity  returned  to  the  people  so  that  they  can  enjoy  it  during  the    summer  of  2011.      We  do  not  intend  that  the  people  of  Greystones  and  visitors  to  our  town  to  be  deprived  of  this  amenity  for  a  fourth  successive  summer.    We  believe  this  is  a  simple  issue  with  a  simple  solution.    We  expect  our  public  representatives,  council  officials,  and  the  developers  to  show  a  positive,  can-­do  attitude  and  act  immediately  to  restore  to  the  public  the  harbour  amenity  which  we  and  our  visitors  previously  enjoyed  for  decades.