Fingal County Council has identified nine potential land parcels in the northern part of the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), within which a proposed regional wastewater treatment plant could potentially be located, along with a marine outfall and an orbital drainage system.
The new infrastructure is needed to provide sustainable and reliable drainage and wastewater treatment for the GDA to meet current and future economic, industrial and residential demands, to protect the environment and to meet the EU Water Framework Directive standards. Fingal County Council will spend the next six weeks between 10th October and 18th November consulting with the public and will hold Open Days with the Project Team at County Hall, Swords.
The report was
welcomed by the Chairman of the Council’s Environment Committee, Councillor Kieran Dennison.
"This facility is
very badly needed for Fingal and for the greater Dublin area. The regions waste infrastructure
is already streatched. At current growth rates the Poolbeg treatment plant
will reach full capacity in ten years time. The aim is to have this plant built
and connected to the drainage system by then. We are fortunate that funding is
still available for the project. I really hope we do not have the same delays that beset so
many of our infrastructural projects over the years such as the M50
and the Poolbeg incinerator.
"The provision of the regional wastewater
treatment plant is essential to allow for economic growth and inward investment
in the area. This is about keeping jobs in the Dublin area and if it is delayed the IDA may
have to divert major inward investment projects elsewhere.
Following assessment of the public submissions, a further narrowing
of the options will take place next spring into early summer. There will
then be another round of public consultation. The preferred site is due
for selection by the end of next year.
A planning application is
expected to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála in 2013. Construction is
due to begin in 2017 and the plant should be operational by 2020.
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