North-east harbours left devastated by violent winter storms will be strengthened with more than £11million of crucial Scottish Government aid, it was revealed last night.
A fresh round of European Fisheries Fund (EFF) payouts will help repair structural damage to harbour walls at Peterhead.
Cash will also go towards rebuilding the town’s Mapco factory, which was wiped out by heavy winds a year ago.
The awards package was announced by Scottish Fisheries secretary Richard Lochhead last night.
Cruden Bay will get £100,000 to repair severe damage to its Port Erroll harbour.
Sandhaven, near Fraserburgh, has also received £25,000 towards fixing its damaged quayside.
A total of £3.1million was announced by Mr Lochhead yesterday to support 45 projects across the country.
He said the new package brought total investment to more than £11million.
It follows an earlier emergency £3million of Holyrood cash awarded to badly hit harbours.
Dozens of homes were evacuated in the Roanheads area of Peterhead, while the Mapco plant was demolished.
The harbour trust will get £650,000 to help with its repairs.
Peterhead Port Authority chief executive John Wallace said last night: “This additional £650,000 grant will unlock a further £1.3million of work which will benefit a range of harbour users.
“We are particularly grateful for this, which comes on top of £250,000 of emergency assistance earlier this year.”