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V&A Museum could be served by Broughty Ferry water taxi

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The V&A could have a water taxi service to Broughty Ferry as well as Perth, it has emerged.

Tay Salmon Fisheries have produced a plan to take passengers 20 miles down river to the £45m museum, set to open in 2015.

The link is part of a Tay Regeneration Project masterplan to be unveiled in the coming months, and is aimed at making the river more accessible to the general public in the way that waterways are developed in mainland Europe.

Leaving from Perth, the water taxi would pick up passengers in Newburgh.

After hearing of the Perth plan, Broughty Ferry councillor Laurie Bidwell said the Tay Salmon Fisheries project for a water taxi service to the V&A is not the first to take the plunge.

”Interest in establishing a Tay link between the V&A and Broughty Ferry was raised at the 2011 annual meeting of Broughty Ferry Development Trust,” he said. ”The potential water taxi link between Perth and the V&A in Dundee is not the only such proposal that should be considered.

”Roddy Isles from the V&A Making It Happen Project Team was the external speaker at the development trust’s annual meeting. He stimulated a discussion with the 30 members present about the potential opportunities and benefits for Broughty Ferry from the V&A development. It was from this discussion that a number of propositions arose including a river taxi.”

Mr Bidwell continued: ”I think the idea for river trips to and from the Broughty pilot pier and linking this with the V&A at its waterfront site was the most sparky idea to arise and definitely worth exploring.”

The Taymara Trust currently runs passenger carrying trips from Broughty Ferry to Perth, including their dolphin-watching trips, and Mr Bidwell has contacted the trust to see whether they are interested in and have the capacity to develop a service to the V&A.