Works to upgrade the sewer network along the Skerries Road in Rush, Dublin, has been completed ahead of schedule.

The work will stop the flow of untreated sewage along the road in times of heavy rainfall.

The road will reopen to traffic on Friday, 10 November at 10am and Dublin Bus services will resume from 1pm.

Irish Water is investing €9.7 million in the Rush wastewater collection project which will benefit over 9,000 residents, tourists and the environment in Rush and will significantly improve the bathing water at South Beach Rush, North Beach and Harbour Road Beach by stopping the discharge of untreated wastewater into the sea.

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At present approximately 75% of sewage generated in Rush discharges untreated into the Irish Sea. The foul sewer that was in place along the R128 was sub-standard and under capacity. The sewer surcharged in periods of high rainfall discharging raw sewage onto the road and adjacent waterways. The new pipe upgrade has eliminated this problem.

The Rush Wastewater Collection Project also includes the construction of the new infrastructure to collect and transfer wastewater from existing outfalls and overflows to the foreshore and onwards to the new wastewater treatment plant at Portrane. New pumping stations have been constructed at South Shore, North Beach and East Shore, Rush. The project will improve the bathing water quality at South Beach in Rush and improve the capacity of the network for the future development of Rush.

(CD/MH)