A Google Earth image of the Marchwood Port site.
Following the success of Ryebridge Construction’s work on completing the new freight terminal at Southampton Port, the company has been awarded the contract for the Marchwood Port redevelopment.
Solent Gateway Limited has tasked Ryebridge with the design and build of Phase 1A, which includes a new site entrance, security buildings and a new multi-use hard surface pavement for external automotive storage.
This will involve the demolition of existing site buildings and off-site highway upgrades to include Section 278 works, alongside the realignment of the internal highway network and upgraded railway crossing points.
Ryebridge will also install new high mast lights, site CCTV and the electrical infrastructure.
The company will be responsible for discharging planning conditions which require the close management and fulfilment of ecological, environmental and archaeological guidelines.
The redevelopment of the port will be a real boost to the economic value of Marchwood and the surrounding areas, and is aligned with local and national policies, centred around the growth of seaborne trade and the creation of jobs and opportunities.
Ryebridge managing director Daniel Coyle said: “We are really excited to be undertaking our second major project in the area for Associated British Ports (ABP) and Solent Gateway Limited.
“Since we first began work in the Southampton area we have strategically targeted the recruitment of local people and already have a full workforce staff drawn from the immediate area, so to win this opportunity to keep them in employment is excellent news and testament to their success on the E108/9 freight terminal. We are now widening our community reach by taking on local apprentices and work experience students.”