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Home›Coastal Protection›Plaque unveiled for Cumbrae flood protection scheme
Coastal Protection

February 5, 2026 · about 8 months ago

Plaque unveiled for Cumbrae flood protection scheme

North Ayrshire Provost, Anthea Dickson, has unveiled a plaque for a Cumbrae £48million flood protection scheme. The project in Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae, offers coastal protection to more than 600 properties. Throughout the works, designed to protect residents, homes and businesses against fl

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Plaque unveiled for Cumbrae flood protection scheme
photo courtesy of North Ayrshire Council

North Ayrshire Provost, Anthea Dickson, has unveiled a plaque for a Cumbrae £48million flood protection scheme.

The project in Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae, offers coastal protection to more than 600 properties.

Throughout the works, designed to protect residents, homes and businesses against flooding:

Provost Dickson, Council officers and Councilor Tony Gurney, Cabinet Member for Green Environment and Economy, were joined at the plaque unveiling earlier this week by representatives of partners involved in successfully delivering the project.

The scheme, which covers an area of approximately 2km along Millport seafront, was managed on behalf of the Council by global professional services business Turner & Townsend, with support from the Principal Designer Royal Haskoning DHV.

The main contractor was Van Oord UK Ltd with support from subsidiary Mackley Civil Engineering.

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