By Dan Walsh
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has today announced the approval of Wexford County Council’s application for funding under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme.
Under the scheme, the OPW has approved funding of €500,535 to enhance rock armour coastal protection that is fronting an access road which serves several houses located at Seaview (Bastardstown), near Kilmore Quay on the south Wexford coast. The proposed works consists of full height rock armour to be located at the western end of the existing works and for 70 metres of coastline.
This approved amount of funding represents the final amount required to complete the coastal protection works at this location. This is in addition to funding for four previous Minor Works applications totalling €2,025,801, bringing the total funding to date to €2,526,336.
The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the Office of Public Works in 2009. Since then, 25 funding applications by Wexford County Council have been supported under this scheme.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas.
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