The renovated Wemyss Pier is ready to re-open on Good Friday in time for the busy Easter traffic.
The Rothesay ferries tried out the refurbished pier on Sunday in preparation for the terminal re-opening on Friday. Ferry users heading to the Isle of Bute previously had to venture to Gourock while the reconstruction work was going on.
“Bute” berthed on Sunday morning and “Argyle” later that afternoon. Both vessels first berthed bow on, as usual, but then went off the pier and returned to berth stern on.
The photograph by Gregory Beecroft shows “Bute” at Wemyss Bay “the wrong way round".
Work to the exterior of the terminal started on 1 October, and lasted 25 weeks.
This included removal and subsequent reinstatement of the vehicle linkspan, demolition, and re-construction of the existing 1970s load restricted pier roundhead, renewal of pier fendering, installation of corrosion protection to the pier and dredging to the west and south of the pier.
The work was carried out by the harbour owner, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited.
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