Call for Cork flood defence scheme to be peer reviewed

City councillors have called for the OPW’s controversial flood defence scheme for Cork to be peer-reviewed amid confirmation that work on phase one is due to start this summer.

They also passed a resolution last night which will see the city council take responsibility for the delivery, as a single project and under one contract, the flood defence works and public realm upgrades in the Morrison’s Island area.

This will be the first element of the OPW’s overall €160m flood defence scheme in Cork — the largest scheme of its kind in the history of the State.