Dublin's new greenway, running between Baldoyle and Portmarnock, continues to be badly hit by flooding as they latest photos, below, reveal.
At 1.8km in length the Baldoyle to Portmarnock greenway is the first
phase of a long-term plan to provide a greenway along the full coastline
of Fingal.
It is co-funded by the National Transport Authority and was due to be completed by the end of October, though completion has been delayed.
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Those delays – and some recent flooding – aside, the new project looks good and will hopefully be ready for its official opening soon.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act stated workers on the site “hit two field drains when putting in the service corridor underneath the pathway”.
As a result, groundwater was now “gathering in the lowest point in the landscape”. Flooding in the area was not anticipated when the project was being planned.
The solution to the problem is a mooted trench dug alongside
the cycleway that will hold water when it gathers. If it fills the excess would
flow via a pipe into the nearby estuary.
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