Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
432. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that funding is in place for the flood prevention works along the Dodder River from Ballsbridge to Clonskeagh; the amount available; the amount that has been spent by the Office of Public Works in each year since 2002 along the Dodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13615/14]
View answerThe Office of Public Works commenced flood relief works on the River Dodder in 2007 after a report was completed by Dublin City Council into both tidal and fluvial flood risk from the River, with the Council taking the lead role in bringing the proposals through the planning process. Since then the OPW has completed works on the tidal area of the river, with the exception of the raising of the bridge parapets at Lansdowne Road which is due to be undertaken in the coming months. Much work has also been undertaken in the fluvially affected areas (Phase 2C) up to Ballsbridge with this section of the scheme due to be completed later in 2014.
Works to the area up to Anglesea Road (Phase 2D) are due to commence shortly and are due for completion by mid-2015. Further works upstream, (Phase 2E) towards Clonskeagh are expected to be completed before the end of 2015.
The OPW has expended approximately €13.677m up to the end of 2013 on these works, with a further €1.5m approximately to be spent in 2014. The works completed to date provide protection in the tidal-risk area against a 200 year tidal flood event. It is notable that the storms in the first few weeks of the year, which caused so much damage countrywide, caused no flooding to those areas protected by the OPW works, despite the tides being the highest ever recorded in Dublin.
The OPW has made provision in it's Multi-Annual Budget profiles up to 2016 for the completion of the works.
The table sets out the expenditure in each year since 2006.
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
€0.27m |
€1.688m |
€2.196M |
€2.765M |
€1.529M |
€0.79M |
€2.149M |
€2.29M |
