WATCH: Work begins to transform quarry into artificial surf park
Construction has begun on a project to build Scotland's first artificial surfing park in an Edinburgh quarry
Construction has begun on Scotland's first artificial surfing park.
The £55 Million complex, which is set to include holiday accommodation and a food market, among other facilities, is being built on the site of Craigpark Quarry near Ratho.
It's expected to be completed by 2024.
A massive amount of groundwork needs to be completed over the coming months to transform the site into a lagoon.
Tartan leisure, who are leading the project, say the attraction will bring many benefits to the local area.
This includes creating up to 130 jobs once open, generating up to £11m for the local economy and attracting over 180,000 visitors each year.
Wavegarden is a cutting-edge engineering company dedicated to the research, design, manufacture, installation and operation of world-class wave generating systems and surfing lagoons.
Their headquarters are based in the Basque Country near San Sebastián, in northern Spain.
After over a decade of R&D and a series of innovative breakthroughs and patents, Wavegarden is considered the market leader in the rapidly emerging sector of dynamic artificial waves.
This facility will be the first of it's kind in Scotland, a similar attraction currently operates out of Bristol in England.