Flood plan delay over possible conflict of interest
The Irish Examiner has learned that the preferred tenderer for the Lower Lee Flood Protection project, which was due to start almost a year ago and to include specific flood defence proposals for Blackpool, had to provide clarification to the Office of Public Works (OPW) after a potential conflict of interest situation arose.
The revelation comes ahead of today’s scheduled meeting between the minister in charge of the OPW, Brian Hayes, and a delegation from Blackpool, which was last week flooded for the second time in nine months. The delegation will demand that he fast-track the flood defence study and provide funding.
