€200,000 for Co. Roscommon flood works – Naughten

In Environment, Local Issues, News by Denis Naughten

Roscommon County Council has been allocated €200,000 for flood works throughout the county, Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed.

The works will directly address the flooding of homes and property which occurred last winter and is on foot of detailed work performed by a team of dedicated staff at Roscommon County Council. This involved inspecting the situation on the ground last winter, followed by the collection of flood data and design work on potential solutions which were then present to the Office of Public Works for funding.

“Works have already commenced at some locations and all works will be completed in the coming months. These are practical steps which it is hoped will solve the threat of flooding to homes in the areas concerned,” stated Minister Naughten.

“Following a meeting between officials from the OPW, Roscommon County Council, Minister Sean Canney and myself we have been able to progress works at six locations and work is ongoing in conjunction with my officials in the Geological Survey of Ireland to address issues surrounding flooding problems at turloughs throughout County Roscommon.

“Monitoring of water levels has commenced on the turloughs and the release of dye has taken place at the swallow hole at Lough Funshinagh as a result of advice from a team of experts which has been brought together by my Department to try to get answers to what exactly is happening with all our turloughs.”

Minister Naughten added: “Later this month an aerial survey of the turloughs in counties Roscommon, Galway and Longford which caused flooding last winter will commence under the supervision of a team in my Department and this will provide vital data to assist Roscommon County Council and the OPW in providing possible solutions to the turloughs issue.

“I want to thank Minister Sean Canney for his assistance in progressing these projects and I look forward to his assistance in addressing other flooding problems throughout Roscommon and Galway,” concluded Denis Naughten.

Approved funding to Roscommon County Council:
 
 

Project Location
Details
Approved Funding
Killeglan Stream
 
Replace culvert at Onagh & remove growth from Killeglan Stream over distance of 5kms
€64,800
Beagh Brabazon,  Ballinasloe
To install drain to divert surface water to open drain
€27,000
Fairhill,                                  Dysart
Works to raise the ground level and install piping
€18,000
Moneymore
To install culvert drain & inspection chamber
€20,700
Curnalee
To install pipe
The pipe size to be a minimum of 900mm in diameter
€18,000
Ogulla River
To carry out maintenance on channel, replace culverts & repair to existing weir structure
 €54,000