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Thursday, November 03, 2011
Work to begin so new carriers can fit in Portsmouth
More than 400 boreholes will be drilled in the harbour during the next 12 months
Major works to prepare Portsmouth Harbour for the arrival of the Royal Navy’s biggest ever ships will start in the coming weeks.
The first of two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers being built for the navy is due to arrive in Portsmouth in 2016. The second will be here in 2018.
But areas of the harbour will need to be made 3ft deeper to accommodate the huge £6bn ships before they can come to the city.
Preparatory work, which involves drilling 400 holes in the Solent sea bed, will begin next month ahead of a major dredging programme in 2014.
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