OPW to carry out ‘emergency works’ on Bandon River fish pass by May

The fish pass, which was built as part of the flood protection measures at Bandon, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has launched an investigation into the “serious deterioration” of the recently constructed Bandon River fish pass and said “emergency works” will be carried out by the start of May.

Responding to concerns that the fish pass, involving a series of steps or a ‘rock ramp’ over a 130m stretch of the Bandon river, was falling apart, the OPW confirmed the river bed has been eroded but that urgent works will begin in a matter of days.