Bandon flood relief work to restart in 2013

The Department of the Environment has given assurances that money is in place to complete a major sewerage scheme in a Co Cork town, but work will not restart until next summer at the earliest.

On Oct 22, Cork County Council and the project’s contractors SIAC Construction issued a joint statement saying work on the €3.5m main drainage scheme at Bandon “had been suspended due to events beyond the control of either party”.

SIAC started work on the scheme in Jul 2011 and it was due to be completed next summer.