ORANMORE FLOODPLAINS TO BE PROTECTED

Date Published: 12-Nov-2007

The controversial Oranmore Floodplain is to be officially Protected by the State.A River Basin Study has recognised three special areas of conservation to the East and West of the Frenchfort Wetlands as one entire water plain.Environment Minister John Gormley has now confirmed he's listing all three wetlands in the Environmental Protection Agency's Register of Protected Ecological Areas.The findings of the River Basin Study will be dicussed at a public meeting in the Radisson Hotel Galway city at 7pm tomorrow. (Tues 13/11)Local residents opposed to developments on the Oranmore Floodplains will welcome the news.