€5.5m Bandon works set to restart in 2015
The main reason SIAC withdrew from the project was that the company found far more underground archaeology than initially anticipated.
The contract for the Bandon Sewerage Scheme stage 2 Main Works was designed to improve and expand the existing combined sewerage and storm drain systems in the town and its environs, including the construction of two storm water pumping stations located in the town centre.
It was to comprise of approximately 14.6km of pipelines and 272 manholes in the streets and roads in and around the town.
A considerable amount of work remains unfinished.
An Irish Water spokeswoman said yesterday it intends to go to tender on the contract for the project before the end of this year.
“The estimated value of the contract is €5.5m and Irish Water hopes to award it in early 2015. This project was previously awarded by Cork County Council but had to be abandoned due to issues with archaeology, ground conditions and services.
“Irish Water is working closely with Cork County Council to ensure the new contract adequately addresses these risks.”
She added that an upgrade to the Bandon Waste Water Treatment Plant is also included in Irish Water’s Capital Investment Plan, but that a schedule for this work has yet to be finalised.
Fine Gael TD Jim Daly said everybody in Bandon wants to see the project completed, even though traders acknowledge it will cause a lot of disruption.
Mayor of County Alan Coleman also welcomed the news. “It’s essential that this project no goes ahead. But the evidence from partial digs already carried out is that the archaeologists will be kept quite busy as the project progresses and therefore a certain amount of patience will have to be exercised by the public,” he said.
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