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Green Party environment and equality spokesman Ciarán Cuffe insisted the models had no relevance to Dublin’s creaking sanitation system.
That made me laugh 😀
Reading the article again, this is the height of disgrace ->
The cost of the additional water will be paid for by Galway City Council. The council said it has no plans to introduce a similar subsidy system for the county areas affected by the outbreak.
2 for 1 on water is a start, but shameful that its only being introduced 5 weeks into the crisis.
We’ve paid for water, we need an alternative, we should get FREE water from the shops, within reason (max per customer).
Or a good place to start would be to deliver a 5 litre bottle of water to every household effected. This would be done in other countries swiftly, but isnt considered here. All we get is a half arsed effort, some name calling, random pointing of fingers and the usual festering heap of blame-avoiding red tape that is so common here nowadays.
I think he’s just talking mindless political fluff.
This is a better article ->
The Clare river is now being investigated by Galway County Council as one of the possible main sources of the cryptosporidium bug in the drinking water supply in Galway city and the surrounding area.
It is believed that flooding of the river late last year and earlier this year led to large amounts of animal and human waste being discharged into the river, which flows into Lough Corrib at a point less than 10 miles north of Galway city.
Galway County Council director of services Jim Cullen said investigations were now focusing on the river, and officials were carrying out aerial inspections in an attempt to identify potential pollution sources along the river, which stretches 50 miles north past Tuam and into counties Mayo and Roscommon.
It is believed there are a number of untreated and poorly treated sewage systems which are flowing into the river.
This includes the town of Claregalway, now one of the main commuter towns near Galway city, which has no central sewage treatment facility.
“It’s had a definite impact,” Mr Cullen said of the Clare river, but he said there is still no evidence pointing to one main source of the bug, which has contaminated the drinking water supply of more than 90,000 people in the city and surrounding area.
Other causes are believed to include two sewage treatment facilities at Oughterard and Headford, where largely untreated human waste is flowing into the lake. Contamination from farming along with waste flows from septic tanks have also been identified as contributing to the problem.
However, yesterday Galway County Council said the primary cause of the contamination is believed to have been record rainfall which increased the amount of waste flowing into the lake in the last six months.
“Normally the Clare river wouldn’t be a problem, but it was in significant flood in the early part of this year,” Mr Cullen said. “It is inevitable that there would have been a wash or flood of contamination into the lake.”
Figures show that average rainfall in the last four months of last year was 50 per cent higher than the average for the previous 40 years.
The council is currently working on increasing the supply of water from a cryptosporidium-free source at Luimnagh north of Galway city, which could be in place by mid June.
It came as Green Party leader Trevor Sargent called for a moratorium on all additional housing development in the areas of the county which are feeding sewage into watercourses, including Oughterard and Claregalway.
Last night at a special meeting of Galway City Council, members were informed of plans to provide cheap bottled water to residents in the city. The council will be paying for a subsidy system where shoppers will be given one bottle of water free for every bottle they buy.
The offer will apply only to Galway Mineral Water and will be available in certain shops, including Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Nestors and Joyces, Galway city manager Joe McGrath said.
The cost of the additional water will be paid for by Galway City Council. The council said it has no plans to introduce a similar subsidy system for the county areas affected by the outbreak.
The council has also asked the Government to introduce a voucher system to provide free bottled water for social welfare recipients.
There is increasing concern in the city about the potential impact of the ongoing water boil notice on tourism, although tourism chiefs have insisted that the water crisis had no discernible impact on visitor figures during the Easter break.
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/0412/1176156961843.html
Mahon would be no good for a convention centre unless the infrastructure was reworked.
Mahon point is a joke at the moment traffic wise, imagine a big fat conference centre loading up the traffic even further.
Docklands is the best place for a big conference centre and UNDERGROUND carpark, with feeder buses to the bus station.
I agree with that, do 2 lane motorway from Cork to Waterford, and then 3 lane motorway from Waterford to Dublin. The N8 should not be dualled, just 2+1 or WS2.
Traffic levels for the quietest section of the proposed Waterford DC is only slightly lower NOW than the minimum for dualling. If parts were built as DC and parts of 2+1 everyone would have a fit.
Waterford deserves DC, the N9 is a joke. Im glad its getting done 🙂 Future proofing for a change 🙂
Galway is getting Outer City Bypass, Ennis – Athenry N18, and N6 hookups.
Cork will soon (post 2010) get N28 upgrade, SRR flyovers, N20 to Limerick dual, possible DC Midleton – Youghal. Takes time, but is all in planning 🙂
Cullen has just signed the Midleton Railway Order.
4 weeks before it becomes enforcable, time to allow for a highcourt challenge.
Construction should be fairly soon afterwards as IE are ready, apparently.
Oh dont get me wrong, Im not forgiving them for not doing the SRR flyovers 😉
Originally the interurbans were supposed to be finished by 1999, then it slipped to 2006, then to 2010. Im not forgiving fumbling like that, but the NRA are working on a ranking system, and lets face it, you cant build every single road project at once.
Im not agreeing with the laziness, but I am agreeing on the prioritisation of interurbans over these roundabouts.
Tho all that said dont be surprised if, for an election boost, the Midleton railway order is magically signed and the SRR roundabouts suddenly granted funding juuuuust as the election is due.
Will be interesting to see what that report holds 🙂 Nice to see a pic of the old place, any luck finding a shot of the inside??
Loads of stuff countrywide is put on hold, except for stuff that is already in construction (eg: Gorey bypass). The rest of the N11 (Dublin – Rosslare) for example has planning but no funding until after the Interurbans are done.
Granted, Transport21 doesnt deliver well for Cork, but that is along other lines. I fully agree with the prioritisation of the Interurbans over the Bandon/Sarsfield schemes 🙂
@CologneMike wrote:
Looks like glass fronts are in vogue (Riverpoint, Marriott Hotel and the corner building on Cecil Street). I trust the city council will rigorously control all demolition and building works on the new pedestrian pavements? I would hate to see the new Bedford Row spoilt wit blobs of cement, paint or cracked pavement slabs replaced by tarmac fillings!
Have you seen pictures of the Rossbrien interchange other than those posted here? If so do post them.
Below is a part image of the Rossbrien interchange taken from the spring newsletter.
Also an image of the new Quality Hotel built on the link road leading to/from the Rossbrien interchange,
I think I might have one or two floating about, but none of them are anywhere close to as good as the one from the Spring newsletter, so its hardly worth posting them 🙂 Will be posting info if ever I hear back from the NRA 😀
Edit: Actually looking at that one I think it is included. The top left loop caters for the East – South movement of the road. But if you look closely an extra lane comes off the West – North movement, which appears to join up with this loop – therefore enabling a West – South movement.
It sure is a cheap-ass way of doing it, and if that is a one lane loop then say hello to jams as the merging there will be a joke.
Cullen is sitting on the Midleton Railway order according to Platform 11. Thats not gonna be open by the end of next year. Not a HOPE.
Sarsfield and Bandon roads wont be started till the Interurban Build is done (N/M 6,7,8,9). Dont expect construction to start until 2010 at the earliest, unless some election promise materialises. Expect an 18 month to 24 month build on them too. N28 is lower priority again, think its mentioned here that the golf club that it bisects is gonna be handed over in 2012. In better news, they have got limited funding to make detailed plans for them, so once they get the funding it should be quick enough to start.
Most things are on hold until the interurbans are done. I kinda agree with this, simply because noone gets killed waiting in a jam at Bandon Road. People get killed because of woefully substandard S2 interurbans.
