Flood risk map of country needed, but so is local councils funding

Despite the exceptionally high levels of rainfall, it is totally unacceptable that major flooding occurs and that local, regional and national roads are rendered impassable.

Business and commerce are forced to a standstill.

While the OPW has a regionalised network of engineering offices throughout the country and is quite familiar with many flood prone areas, it does not have the resources to have a detailed knowledge of every flooding problem in the country. Under the aegis of an interdepartmental committee it is intended that the OPW will begin a process of flood event mapping, which will involve, as a first step, the gathering of information related to recorded instances of flooding.