Still No Comment on the Wicklow County Council Water Scheme
There seems to be silence from the Wicklow County Council so far, without acknowledgement of our submissions or retraction of the Plan 8 process. It is a week after the closing of objections and silence. It is important that we have a position soon, because the intention is to hold the first meeting of the River Vartry Protection Society and invite the councillors for a portion of the time to make sure they are informed of all that is happening. Sometimes there is a disconnect between what the office does and what is reported to the Councillors. It is important that they do not only rely on the information supplied in the Manager’s Report on submissions, but hear first hand from members of the public. This will still be important even if the Plan 8 is temporarily withdrawn, only we will have more time to arrange in that case.
The Wicklow Co. Co. has commissioned McCarthy Hyder to do a simple study. McCarthy Hyder had originally advised the WCC that an environmental study was not necessary. It is our opinion that this advice was not in the best interest of the River and that the eventual author of the EIA will be someone that exhibits a bi-partisan concern over the river and that the process is monitored by An Bord Pleanála, the Fisheries and the EPA.
February 21 2009 05:51 pm | Water Scheme