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OPW rejects alternative Cork flood plans as just not viable
Professor called for reservoir/downstream tidal barrier which he claims would be half the cost of €150m Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme Paul O’Driscoll handing out emergency flood protection sand bags from the Cork City Council depot on Anglesea Terrace. Picture: Dan Linehan
Wed, 16 Dec, 2020 - 09:48
Eoin English
The Office of Public Works has rejected as just not viable a retired professor’s theory that a new upstream reservoir combined with a downstream tidal barrier can protect Cork from flooding for half the cost of its €150m Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme (LLFRS).