The team behind a Dundee City Quay wakeboarding development has welcomed a milestone in the project – and said it is on track to “go operational” in late summer.
Floating pontoons have been placed on the city waterfront at West Victoria Dock Road as the vision to create a rope-themed adventure park at the spot takes shape.
Dunbar-based outdoor activity company, Foxlake Adventures, is behind the development, which will be only the third of its kind in Scotland.
The site will offer wakeboarding lessons, group experiences and several ancillary outdoor activities.
Last night director at Foxlake Adventures, James Barbour, said the Dundee park will “open the sport” of wakeboarding up to more people in Scotland.
He added: “The pontoons have gone in and the work is progressing nicely. It is all coming together nicely. I think it is nice to see something physical in place.
“It is exciting to see the floating pontoons going in. It really makes the waterside accessible, it transforms the feel of the dock in a way.
“For the wakeboarding fraternity in Scotland, they are really excited about Foxlake Dundee opening. It will be the third wakeboarding park in Scotland.
“Dundee is definitely the place to be at the moment. It has got a great buzz about it. It has a feel of a real, happening place. We believe that Dundee is absolutely ideal for it.
“The location at City Quay will work perfectly from the point of view of it being so accessible to the public. There are very successful wakeboarding parks in Liverpool and the Docklands in London.”
He said local school children would also be able to take part in activities on their lunch break if needed, adding this was common at other such parks across the UK.
Mr Barbour added: “Like all projects you are sometimes in the lap of the Gods. We are hoping that sometime in August we might be able to go operational.
“We want to get everything in place and everything working alright before opening the doors to the public.”
He also praised the “amazing team” working on the site and behind the scenes to make the project a reality.
Work started on the site in late May.
The plans for the development were approved by Dundee City Council in April despite a formal objection from the neighbouring Apex Hotel – which had concerns about “Quayside views”, noise pollution and parking.
Mr Barbour said: “I am sure and hope that in the future we’ll be able to work with Apex.
“Some of our customers will be travelling from other parts of the UK. It makes sense to stay at the Apex.”
Nobody from Apex Dundee was available for comment.
