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Nairn Harbour maintenance dredging and shore access

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Council expects dredging from 28 October 2026 across two spring-tide periods

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The Highland Council has announced essential dredging to support access at Nairn Harbour. It expects operations from 28 October across two spring-tide periods. A temporary car-park compound and a route for heavy plant connect the harbour work to the public shore.

Nairn Harbour shore access sequence linking car-park compound, controlled plant route, two tidal work periods and final reinstatement

IMWO original Nairn access-sequence diagram from the council's published work arrangements

Location

United Kingdom / Europe

Segment

Dredging

Phase

Planning / Confirmed

Last checked

27 October 2026

Coverage

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Dredging is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
The Highland Council, harbour authority
Delivery parties
Delivery contractor not named in the 22 October owner announcement
Contract route
The council's public work announcement gives the expected programme and temporary access arrangements. A supplier-selection notice, contract reference and contract price have not been established for this campaign.
Execution window
Expected start: 28 October 2026; approximately four to five working days in each of two spring-tide periods. The council gives no dates for the second period or final reinstatement.
Works package
Essential harbour dredging, temporary contractor compound within part of the harbour car park, heavy-plant access between the car park and beach, and removal and reinstatement of temporary works after completion.
Marine interfaces
The harbour authority describes a sand-and-gravel bar at the entrance and tide-dependent vessel access. Its historical chart warns that channel depths can fall below charted depths after onshore winds. Fresh work surveys would provide the campaign's bed levels and reference datum.
Commercial evidence boundary
The announced working days are distributed across two tidal periods. Compound occupation, plant retention and public-access arrangements therefore need their own programme coverage between those periods. The available announcement leaves the contractual allocation of these costs unspecified.

Contract and delivery chain

Work packages and named roles

Published scope, named parties and supporting evidence for each workstream.

Dredging programme

Two spring-tide work periods

Named party
The Highland Council
Evidence status
Confirmed
Source position
The 22 October notice expects work from 28 October 2026, with about four to five working days in each tidal period. Source
Shore access and reinstatement

Car-park compound and heavy-plant route to the beach

Named party
The Highland Council; delivery contractor unnamed
Evidence status
Confirmed
Source position
The owner identifies the compound, temporary access restrictions and final reinstatement. It leaves the contractor and selected dredging method unspecified. Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Actual mobilisation and the dates allocated to both spring-tide periods
  • Selected dredging method, sediment destination and operative permissions
  • Post-work survey, harbour access arrangements and car-park reinstatement

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Reporting status

Project phase
Planning
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
27 October 2026
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