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Stranraer Marina Development

A MARINA development in Stranraer will be high on the agenda for the next meeting of the Small Towns Initiative board next month.

It will follow on from talks held last week when specialists commissioned by the STI to report on options for such a development presented their findings.

Charles Bush from Crest, the company which carried out the work, told the board of the potential market for such facilities both locally and further afield.

This led on to considering the optimum scale of any development.

Mr Bush then turned to the potential strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats which related to a marina in Stranraer.

The board agreed it was a comprehensive and informed view of the current position and that the findings should be incorporated into a revised strategy for the development of Stranraer seafront.

This will be a major item on the agenda for the next STI board meeting in March.