19 million euro worth of storm damage in Galway
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway County Council is estimating that the cost of storm damage in the county will be more than 18 million euro.
The Council's interim submission in relation to the recent severe weather situation, says the clean-up cost to date is 500 thousand euro.
The County Council breakdown of the cost of the storm damage states that 2 million euro will needed to repair roads.
6.5 million euro is the cost estimated to coastal protection, while outline costs of damage to coastal lands is estimated at more than 3million euro.
There is an estimated cost of 2 million euro for piers, 700 thousand euro for burial grounds and 20 thousand for environmental pollution.
A further 2.5 million euro worth of damage has been done to tourism infrastructure such as beaches, walkways and amenity areas.
Non-coastal flooding in the county is estimated at causing 500 thousand euro worth of damage while a breach of sea defence at Inis Meáin airstrip cost a further 250 thousand euro.
The total cost of the storms in the county is estimated at 18.3 million euro.
In the City, the Council has estimated the storm damage at 750 thousand euro.