OPW defends public consultation on Cork flood defence project

Save Cork City criticised the OPW's images showing the proposed Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme. 

Images of the repaired quay walls on Bachelors Quay show the area of the highest raised defences anywhere in the city — about  1.2m. File picture

The Office of Public Works has defended the public consultation on the Cork flood defence project and insists that the images it has produced of the defences are an accurate representation of what it plans to build.

It follows criticism from the Save Cork City (SCC) campaign group in response to the OPW’s release of another series of images showing the proposed Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme (LLFRS) defences on the North Mall, on Wandesford Quay, Bachelors Quay, Fitzgerald's Park, and on the Lee Fields.