Cardiff Harbour Authority
| Awdurdod Harbwr Caerdydd | |
The official logo of Cardiff Harbour Authority
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| Authority overview | |
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| Formed | 1 April 2000 |
| Preceding Authority | |
| Jurisdiction | Inland waters and outer harbour of Cardiff Bay |
| Headquarters | Queen Alexandra House, Cargo Road, Cardiff 51°27′11″N 3°09′40″W / 51.453181°N 3.161161°WCoordinates: 51°27′11″N 3°09′40″W / 51.453181°N 3.161161°W |
| Annual budget | £7.5m |
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| Website | cardiffharbour |
Cardiff Harbour Authority (CHA) is the managing authority for Cardiff Bay under the Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993, and was established on 1 April 2000. It took over responsibility from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation and is responsible for the inland bay, Cardiff Bay Barrage, the outer harbour and the rivers Taff and Ely. The harbour authority is part of the City of Cardiff Council and is the statutory navigation authority for Cardiff Bay.
The authority is funded by the Welsh Government.
CHA's responsibility includes the inland waters of Cardiff Bay (including the Mount Stuart Graving Docks), the River Taff up to Blackweir, the River Ely up to Wiggins Teape weir, the outer harbour and Cardiff Bay Barrage. CHA was also given responsibility for the land areas of Roald Dahl Plass and the Channel Graving Dock.
The authority assumed this responsibility from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation upon its dissolution on 31 March 2000.
They are also responsible for a number of facilities around Cardiff Bay:
Cardiff Harbour Authority today has a number of statutory duties, including traffic control, security, navigational safety (including buoys, beacons, bridge lights and channel surveys), conservation (including dredging, maintaining river banks and the wetland wildlife reserve), encouraging both commercial and leisure uses of the bay, and protecting its environment. The CHA is responsible for the operation of the three sea locks, the five sluices that maintain the water level in the bay and the fish pass that allows migratory Salmon and Sea Trout to return to the rivers to spawn.
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