Sligo Harbour Faces Dredging Costs of €5m

7th December 2014

#sligoharbour – Utilising Sligo Harbour to the best affect is the vexed question confronting Sligo County Council who face dredging costs 'in the region of €5m'. The problem is that if the council invested that figure, there is doubt if they could recover that from the Harbour, according to a report of a Council meeting carried by the Sligo Champion.

Councillors were told that the money required for the next stage of Sligo Harbour acquiring its Dumping at Sea Licence was not available. Earlier this year, the Department of the Environment granted a licence under the Foreshore Act to allow the council to undertake dredging works at Sligo Harbour.

The following phase requires the harbour getting a Dumping at Sea Licence from the Environmental Protection Agency.

However, at last week's budget meeting, it became clear that the €12,000 for this phase was not available.

Sligo Champion has much more on the story here

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