{"id":30421,"date":"2021-06-29T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30421"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:02:49","slug":"eden-project-picks-dundee-waterfront-site-for-scottish-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30421","title":{"rendered":"Eden Project picks Dundee waterfront site for Scottish home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"waterside<\/a>The Eden Project has signed an agreement with the owners of the preferred site on the Dundee waterfront for its expansion into Scotland, and released the first image of how the new Eden Project Dundee visitor attraction might look.<\/h3>\n
image: for illustration purposes – IHBC Scotland Branch<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 potential to create walled gardens\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 project will create 200 jobs\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Construction Index<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The agreement between Eden, National Grid and SGN will kick off a period in which the partners will explore the practicalities of converting the former Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street into the Eden Project\u2019s home in Scotland.<\/p>\n

The site is set back from the Dundee waterfront on the bank of the River Tay. The Eden Project said that it has good public transport links, the potential for a new pedestrian connection to the city centre and is less than a mile away from V&A Dundee and the train station.<\/p>\n

The existing tall brick walls on the site suggested to the Eden team the potential to create walled gardens, making for a striking contrast to the industrial heritage of the Gasworks. Eden envisages this as a powerful symbol of regeneration, echoing the project\u2019s home in Cornwall which is located in a former clay quarry.<\/p>\n

Building Eden Project Dundee in this location would also provide an eastern anchor for the Dundee Waterfront regeneration project.<\/p>\n

Eden\u2019s agreement with National Grid and SGN follows the completion of a six-month \u2018pollination\u2019 process to establish feasibility for the creation of a new international-scale site….<\/p>\n

…Eden predicts that the project will create 200 jobs (with an additional 300 indirectly created) and contribute \u00a327m per year to the regional economy.<\/p>\n

David Harland, Eden Project International chief executive, said: \u201cThis is a really exciting moment for the Eden Project and the City of Dundee. The former Dundee Gasworks site is by far the best location for our Scottish home and we\u2019re delighted to have a formal agreement in place to start working on a detailed plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feasibility study was like nothing we\u2019ve ever worked on before, coming as it did during lockdown. Against all the odds, the hard work and dedication of our partners in Dundee shone through – even when we could only talk to them through a computer screen, their passion for the project, their city and country was palpable. Alongside the generous engagement of local businesses and community groups, this has come together, such that we now have a project with genuine air under its wings.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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