JULY START DATE FOR MAJOR DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE CITY

Date Published: 11-Feb-2008

Major works are to take place in Nuns Island, Dominick Street and Earls Island to connect these areas to the city's main drainage system.Local councillor Padraig Conneely who's chairman of the Corrib Navigation Board of Transport is welcoming the news.Premises in these areas are currently discharging effluent into the cities canal but after July's works effluent will be discharged to Mutton Island along with the rest of the city's waste.This is part of a 3 million euro scheme which is part funded by the Department of the Environment and the city council to address the city centre's drainage problems.