Views on a potential new slipway at Arbroath Harbour are now being invited.
Angus Council is issuing a questionnaire to find out people's views about a new slipway at Arbroath Harbour that would allow small, trailer mounted craft, such as sailing boats, small yachts, power boats, dinghies and jet-skis, to be landed and recovered.
Commenting on the questionnaire a council spokesperson said: "A new slipway would add to the facilities already provided for boat owners at Arbroath Harbour but given the anticipated cost of such a development the council is keen to gauge the potential demand before taking the project any further.
"Potential users are therefore invited to complete and return a simple questionnaire. This will provide the council with specific information about anticipated use of a slipway - for example would more people be encouraged to use the harbour more frequently and if so when would they want to be able to use it? - and help inform our discussions."
Anyone who might use such a slipway, however frequently, to launch a small, trailer-mounted boat, yacht, dinghy or jet-ski, is invited to give their view on the proposal.
Copies of the questionnaire 'Arbroath Harbour: New Slipway Proposals' are available from the council's ACCESSLine on 08452 777 778 or online at www.angus.gov.uk/hys, where views on current consultations can be submitted.
The closing date for comments is Friday 18 April 2008. Returns will then be compiled and considered by the Arbroath Harbour Joint Consultative Committee and thereafter by the council's Infrastructure Services Committee.
