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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 10, 2010

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Manager to outline in detail what works, including preparatory and statutory planning works, have been authorised for our county under the recently published Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012, including works relating to:

• The Dublin Region Water Supply Project;
• Programmes of works stemming from the ‘Eastern River Basin District’ plan;
• Flood risk assessment and mitigation works?

REPLY:

The following schemes have been approved for South Dublin County Council under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012:

Contracts at Construction 2010 – 2012                                            Estimated Cost

Boherboy Water Supply Scheme                     

Civil Works                                                                                                   €34,553,000

M & E  Works                                                                                              €1,152,000

Lucan Sewerage Scheme (SLI)

Civil Works (Tobermaclugg

Stream Upgrade)                                                                                          €7,711,000

 

Contracts to Start 2010 – 2012                                                             Estimated Cost

 

Water Conservation

Stage 3 Works – Dublin Region

Watermains Rehabilitation Project

(South Dublin) Tranche 2                                                                           €5,973,000

 

Schemes at Planning Stages 2010- 2012                                                                          W/S

GDRDP : South Dublin Sewerage Scheme 9B                                                                         S

GDRDP : Dodder Valley Sewerage Scheme                                                                             S

Saggart/Rathcoole/Newcastle Sewerage Scheme                                                                  S

Water Conservation Stage 3 Works                                                                                        W

S refers to wastewater infrastructure

W refers to water supply or water conservation

By the ‘Dublin Region Water Supply Project’ or Dublin City Water Supply Scheme (Long Term Water Source) which is being advanced by Dublin City Council as lead authority on behalf of the local authorities in the Greater Dublin Area.  Phase 1 of this scheme is included in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 as a scheme approved for planning .  A detailed account of progress of this scheme was given at the March Council Meeting.  It is hoped to complete the planning phase up to submission of plans to An Bord Pleannala during the lifetime of the current Investment Programme.

The Eastern River Basin District Plan has been adopted by the twelve local authorities and it is submitted to the EPA for their assessment. The Plan has to be submitted to the EU by the Minister for the Environment, Local Government and Heritage by 7^th July 2010. It is still premature to discuss programme of works until the Plan is approved by the EU and as such this is not included in the 2010-2012 WSIP.

 The only flood mitigation works in the programme is the Tobermaclugg Stream Upgrade which is due to be completed by the summer of 2010.