Council unveils growth blueprint

VILLAGES and growing hamlets in West Cork are being lined up for a €100 million investment in water and sewage schemes, many of which are likely to be undertaken by Private Public Partnerships (PPPs).

Engineers working for Cork County Council have spent the past 18 months looking at plans for West Cork, with particular emphasis on an expected 55% population growth in the region in the next 20 years.

The blueprint for the future was unveiled yesterday by senior engineer, Niall O’Mahony, who said that the needs of 74 locations had been examined.