Waste plant would lead to more traffic jams, hearing told

TRAFFIC engineers representing Cork harbour residents said there will be more traffic jams from Indaver’s proposed incinerator than the company’s environmental impact analysis has predicted.

John Paul Fitzgerald of ILTP consultants told the An Bord Pleanála hearing that “the increase in industrial growth in the area in recent years has led to a significant increase in traffic within the Ringaskiddy area”, and this will be exacerbated by the Indaver plant’s development.

Mr Fitzgerald examined the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) presented to An Bord Pleanála as part of Indaver’s planning application to build a €150 million facility in the area. He also examined evidence provided at the hearing by the company’s consultant engineer Tony Lynch and the report in 2004 by a board inspector into a previous Indaver application.