Funding has been approved for flood relief works and coastal protection at Kilkee, Co. Clare.
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced the approval of Clare County Council’s application for funding under its Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme.
Under the scheme, the OPW has approved funding of €88,763 for planned works at Marine Parade, Kilkee, Co Clare, which include underpinning the existing sea walls with reinforced concrete foundation, filling voids and repointing the wall over sections where necessary.
The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the OPW in 2009.
Since then, 42 funding applications by Clare 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.
The OPW says the scheme generally applies where a solution can be readily identified and achieved in a short time frame.
Under the scheme, applications are considered for projects that are estimated to cost not more than €750,000 in each instance.
Funding of up to 90% of the cost is available for approved projects. Works that are normally the responsibility of the local authorities will generally not be considered for OPW funding.
However, where these proposed works would also mitigate the risk of flooding to properties, partial funding may be considered by the OPW, it says.
The local authorities must be satisfied that the works will not have a significant impact on flood risk elsewhere, it says.
