Sinn Féin TD says access structure at ‘pinch point’ on Owenacurra which breached banks last month
The access bridge over the Owenacurra river in Midleton, Co Cork: When flooding hit the town on October 18th, water was swelling up under the new bridge 'because it was meeting resistance from the older, lower bridge just downstream'. Photograph: Barry Roche
Mr Buckley said it was “very clear” when flooding hit the town on October 18th that water was swelling up under the new bridge “and that’s because it was meeting resistance from the older, lower bridge just downstream”. The Office of Public Works confirmed to The Irish Times that Cork County Council had applied to it in March 2006, under section 50 of the Arterial Drainage Act 1945, for a licence to construct a new bridge over the Owenacurra to carry the relief road.
In 2008, the council applied for another section 50 licence for a revised bridge design, but this made no mention of removing the old bridge. This was refused because it failed to take account of OPW policy changes on hydrological requirements to cater for climate change. The council said it was important to note that flood waters broke banks at several locations, both upstream and downstream of the two bridges, and its technical team’s initial assessment was that “flood waters were passing through and also around the bridges in this area”.
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