OPW says no to independent review of Cork flood plan

The OPW has dismissed calls for an independent international review of the €140m Cork flood defence plan.

Its engineers told about 300 people who attended a public forum on the project hosted by Lord Mayor Des Cahill last night that any such review would simply delay a project which is set to provide flood protection to over 2,000 properties.

OPW engineer Ezra McManamon said the outcome of any such review would likely endorse the existing plan, which includes raised embankments and raised quay walls in the city.