OPW to re-examine barrage costs as it finalises €140m Cork flood plan

The OPW has agreed to re-examine the cost of building a tidal barrage as it finalises the design of Cork’s €140m flood defence scheme — the largest single investment in flood defences in the history of the state.

It follows months of campaigning by opponents who have criticised the scheme’s reliance on direct defences and raised quay walls.

Save Cork City has argued a tidal barrage could be built for €135m at Little Island, which combined with upstream mitigation measures, would remove the need for direct flood defences in the city centre.