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Improving Timber Transport Case Study: Rathad Mara and the Floating Piers

Last updated :28 Oct 2024

Topic: Using woodlands

Sub topic: Forest industry

An improving timber transport case study on the Rathad Mara and the Floating Piers.

Summary

Floating piers are making inaccessible coastal forests economically viable and taking lorry traffic off remote rural roads. This floating pier infrastructure at Glen Etive Estate, Kingairloch and Eilanreach Estate is projected to carry 1.1m tonnes of timber over 25 years.

Improving Timber Transport Case Study: Rathad Mara and the Floating Piers

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