KENNY OPPOSES NORTH DUBLIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CLONSHAUGH LOCATION

Posted on May 15, 2012 4:20 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Dublin North East Labour TD, Seán Kenny today strongly opposed the location of the North Dublin Sewage Treatment Plant at Clonshaugh, near Dublin Airport, as one of the three site options proposed for consideration by Fingal County Council

"There are more than 2500 residential buildings within 0.5 - 1.0 km of the Clonshaugh boundary site, including Clonshaugh, Priorswood, and Darndale housing estates as well as the Burnell Court apartment development at the Northern Cross. Building a sewage treatment plant on the doorstep of these estates would be unacceptable. It must be noted that the local authority making the decision is Fingal County Council, while the residents affected by a decision in favour of Clonshaugh live in the Dublin City Council area.

"The proposal to route the outfall from the Clonshaugh site to the sea north of Ireland's Eye through a pipeline under Baldoyle Estuary is of grave concern from an environmental viewpoint. It is believed that this will be strongly opposed by the National Parks & Wildlife Service. On the other side of Baldoyle Estuary the pipeline would go through the Portmarnock Dunes and the popular Portmarnock Velvet Strand Blue Flag Beach.

"I will be conveying my opposition to the proposed Clonshaugh Sewage Treatment site to the Fingal County Manager."