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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2009

QUESTION NO.26

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manger if any funding has been provided to the Council since 2007 to carry out works on the county's rivers, including the Liffey, Dodder, Camac and Griffeen, to reduce the risks of the rivers causing flooding, and if he will make a statement?

REPLY:

Minor ongoing flood relief maintenance work is funded through the Drainage Maintenance Budget. The drainage maintenance section has carried out significant surface water drainage system maintenance work and recent works include clearing of the piped Ballycullen Stream through Castlefield and Glenvara, provision of flood alleviation works on the Poddle at Tymon and at Cappagh, and provision of an overflow pipe on the Robinhood Stream.

The ongoing Flood studies detailed above are funded by the Office of Public Works. The OPW may also be in a position to provide funding for alleviation works where high risks are identified.

The Whitechurch School Culvert works were completed in Autumn 2009 and joint funded between SDCC and the Department of Education / Whitechurch School

The Whitehall Road works were completed in early 2009 and funded jointly between the Roads Department and the Drainage Department through levies.