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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Monday, June 18, 2012

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor P. Kearns

"To ask the Manager for an update on the Poddle River Catchment Flood Risk Management project and could he tell us when it is due to start?"

REPLY:

The Poddle River is one of the rivers being flood risk assessed under the Eastern CFRAMS (Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study) Project which is being managed and funded by the OPW (Office of Public Works) with RPS, Consulting Engineers, who are coordinating the surveying and data collection at the moment and will be involved in the design of remedial works later.

Following the extensive flooding of areas along the Poddle River during the deluge on the 24th of October 2011, it was agreed by the Minister of State for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works, Mr. Brian Hayes, that some advanced works could be undertaken on the Poddle River before the Project Report and Recommendations was compiled. A proposal for these works was submitted by South Dublin County Council earlier this year  to the OPW and on the 26th of March 2012 funding of €500,000 was approved for flood relief works on the Poddle River. These works include increasing the attenuation capacity in the Tymon Park lakes, the redesign and installation of screens and the maintenance, dredging and widening of the Poddle River in some areas.

At the moment, the OPW and our Consultants, RPS, are designing the walls and embankments to increase the attenuation in the Tymon Park lakes and the new screen to replace the old outdated screens. This design work should be completed shortly meaning that work should be able to commence on site in late July/early August 2012.