A Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) has been submitted to acquire lands at the car park Loughshinney, Dublin, to improve and upgrade the water infrastructure in the area.

Irish Water submitted the proposal to An Bord Pleanála and is also investing €3 million which will protect the environment by stopping the overflow of untreated wastewater into the sea.

The project involves the development of a new pumping station, rising main and the decommissioning of the existing Loughshinny septic tank. The sewer network flowing into this septic tank will be diverted into the new Loughshinny pumping station. The project is also linked to the new pumping station under construction at Rush Road in Skerries. Once the project at Loughshinny and the new pumping station at Skerries is complete, flows will be diverted to the wastewater treatment plant at Barnageeragh in Skerries. The discharge from the septic tank at Loughshinny will then cease, ensuring compliance with the wastewater discharge licence and improving the quality of the bathing water.

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Works are due for completion in the first half of 2019

(CD/MH)