Cork flood barrier is 'safer solution' that 'can be built in two years', claim campaigners

A tidal barrier like those protecting New Orleans could be built in Cork for €140m, an independent report suggests.

Cork flood barrier is 'safer solution' that 'can be built in two years', claim campaigners

A tidal barrier like those protecting New Orleans could be built in Cork for €140m, an independent report suggests.

International engineering and hydraulics company, HR Wallingford, believes a tidal barrier would protect more of the city from flood risk than the OPW’s controversial Lower Lee flood relief scheme — the single largest investment in flood defences in the history of the State.

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