Flooding at Enniscorthy

Wexford is set to benefit from a 10-year €1 billion Flood Risk Management Plan announced in Athlone today (Thursday) by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD, and Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, TD, and the Enniscorthy Flood Relief Scheme is among the first tranche of €257 million for 50 new flood relief plans.
Minister for State, Paul Kehoe, TD, said funding for the Enniscorthy Flood Relief Scheme is ring-fenced and work is expected to begin in 2019.
The Enniscorthy Flood Relief Scheme on the River Slaney Drainage Scheme was initiated in December 2002 following major flooding in November 2000 and is currently at detailed design stage.
The Scheme will comprise of general river maintenance, river widening and deepening, bridge re-location, construction of a flood diversion channel, along with construction of flood defence walls and glass panel walls.
The work will cover a distance of 3.5 km, from 1.5 km upstream of Enniscorthy bridge to 2 km downstream. The Scheme is expected to provide protection against a 100-year flood.
Other areas of Co. Wexford provided for in the plan includes, Gorey, Courtown, Ounavarragh, Cahore, Kilmuckridge and Blackwater; The Slaney basin from its source in Wicklow, including Bunclody and Enniscorthy, the North and South Slobs and Wexford Harbour Catchment; Wexford Town Flooding Scheme; Kilmore, Ballyteigue and Bannow Catchment; and the New Ross and River Barrow Catchment.
Minister Michael D’Arcy said it is great news for the people of Wexford. “This is an investment in our community will benefit our communities for decades to come. Flood defences will give people peace of mind.”
Full details now available on a new website www.floodinginfo.ie