Chapter II: Victoria Harbor

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Entry posted by Mascalzone · August 13, 2015

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Hi there folks! Here is my second entry for the CJ of the Bright City. First of all let's start with your comments that I hope will become more and more as the development will go ahead!

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89James89 Looks like an interesting and fairly challenging map and I'm looking forward to seeing your plans in action!
Schulmanator Nice area. Looks great. I am curious to see what you can do with it.
simlink Curious to see how you develop, sounds like you have a solid plan. Look forward to watching the area develop.
Very thanks for the appreciation and encouragement! I am particularly pleased these arrived by experts and I promise that I will take a look to your work!

But it's time for the city journal update itself: I've to admit I want to try to start with a bang, but only you can make a fair judgment. For sure I have given much attention to this seaport and care to detail to make it one of the most iconic areas of the city!

VICTORIA HARBOR

In the first entry I told you the map I chose somehow reminds me of Hong Kong and the name given to this facility definitely is a tribute to that fantastic city. I've just removed a letter (the "u") so the name is not exactly the same and this will allow me to not have copyright issues

As you can see from these birdseye shots the installation is really huge, with the docks that uses the entire northwestern part of the island, overlooking the bay front to exploit its calm waters. It was instead kept almost completely intact the wide beach that characterizes the southeast side of the island. Of course not for tourism, because access to the island is closely tied to its purely industrial use, but as a matter of respect for the environment even though this is an area obviously heavily plagued by pollution. Let's say that at least the seagulls can do their things in peace, although there is who's already thinking that this piece of land can be an ideal breeding ground for a battery of adavanced wind turbines...

VICTORIA HARBOR BRIDGE

Of course a seaport so big needs quick access to the mainland and this, for vehicular traffic, is certainly represented by the six lanes Victoria Harbor Bridge, already dubbed by citizens as the "Vicky Gate". Still lacking much of the city at the moment the traffic on it it's failry light, but this definitely is a junction which will be kept under close observation!

As I already told the admittance to the seaport is strictly controlled. A large toll at the end of the bridge makes each vehicle come through with the police checking documents to everyone wants access to Victoria Harbor.

In this shot from above you can see the entire road system. Of course to exit the port it's completely a different thing: to speed outgoing traffic it has been built an elevated viaduct that connects directly to the bridge. Bypasses also allows to not to congest the main access roundabout.

THE CONTROL TOWER

We're certainly used to see them in the airports, but also the major ports need a nerve center, and Victoria Harbor can't be different! Located at the extreme northwestern corner of the island, it has a perfect view of on the docks and also of the complex railway system of the seaport.

THE PORT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS

The other building that dominates the harbor skylines is the one with the offices of the Aurora Port Authority. Placed, as the majority of the administrative buildings, in the eastern part of the area served by a modern passenger railway station.

THE LOGISTICS CENTER

But the most important rail traffic of the port is obviously the one dedicated to cargo, and at the heart of the island, surrounded by stations for loading and unloading TEUs, there is the logistics center, accordingly divided to the two main delivery compaines of the city. To be precise there are three in total, but the third will have its center of operations in a completely different area...

And telling this last picture has entered the Street View Challenge that's all for now folks, I really hope you enjoyed the visit throught Victoria Harbor!

Keep followin' and you'll be surprised!