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Proposals Announced

Proposals made by the Portobello Arts Trust, BTOTB ('Big Things on the Beach'), were welcomed by politicians, councillors and residents when they were announced at a public meeting in December 2005.

BTOTB's  proposals, costing £35m,  include:

-   restoring the promenade to its former glory

-   building a new pier

-  creating Scotland's first national maritime centre, with a simulation of the seabed of the Firth of Forth.

BTOTB hope to receive up to £25m funding towards these proposals from the lottery Living Landmarks program.  If the lottery bid is successful, building work could begin in 2007.

Valentine Postcard of Portobello Pier -  Pastel Shades ©

Portobello previously had a pier from 1871 until 1917.  The new scheme is being promoted under the slogan  Re-aPier.  This article appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News under the heading:

" Pier we go again at Portobello."

[Edinburgh Evening News, December 9, 2005, p.3]
[Herald & Post, 15 December 2006, p.8]

 

 

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