Broken sea gate at Glasson Dock is fixed – but still won’t fully open

[davidb]

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I have found this on the Club's Facebook page:
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Lancaster Port Commission (LPC) is increasing pressure on the Environment Agency to reinstate a working Dock Gate at the port.
The 38-year-old gate acts as a flood defence when raised. When lowered it gives access to the inner dock and neighbouring marina.
When the Environment Agency (EA) took control of the Dock Gate in September 2023, it was capable of being fully lowered. When it was handed back to the port in February 2024, the Dock Gate could not be lowered.
The gate is now stuck in an upright position. This is preventing boats getting into the marina and it means the port is in breach of its open port duty.
The Trust Port at Glasson Dock has been providing import and export facilities to local businesses for over two centuries. Its operations support more than 200 local and regional jobs. All this is at risk because the EA has changed its position on its responsibility for a working gate.
For the past three years the LPC has co-operated with the EA because it believed both parties were working towards the shared goal of an operational gate. Instead, the LPC is left with a gate that is a fixed obstacle which doesn’t work and this threatens the survival of the port.
The LPC does not have the millions of pounds required to fix the gate. We have been led to believe the Environment Agency could fund much of the work. The EA now say the cost is for the port to
bear.
It is not just us who are deeply impacted. Our port users, neighbours and community are very concerned. That is why we are speaking publicly about the changed position of the Environment
Agency.
We are taking legal advice, and asking for support from government contacts to help us resolve this situation.
We will not give up on the future of this port and its community.

[davidb]

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https://lancasterport.org/news/glasson- ... JcHt5QKZ1k
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