Category Archives: News
Greater Dublin Drainage Project Update: Summer 2016
PROJECT UPDATE May 2016 Welcome to the summer 2016 update for the Greater Dublin Drainage Project (GDD) In this update: Details of a forthcoming study tour to Shanganagh-Bray Wastewater Treatment Plant. Update on Greater Dublin Drainage development timeline. … Continue reading
Greater Dublin Drainage Project Update – December 2015
Welcome to the final Greater Dublin Drainage update of 2015. In this update, we look at why a new regional wastewater treatment plant is needed to serve Fingal and the Greater Dublin Area. We delve into the Environmental Impact Assessment … Continue reading
GDD Project Update – Marine Investigations & Information Events – July 2015
Welcome to the second update of 2015 for the Greater Dublin Drainage Project (GDD) – the development of a new regional wastewater treatment facility for the greater Dublin area. Greater Dublin Drainage involves a new wastewater treatment plant at Clonshagh … Continue reading
Greater Dublin Drainage Project Update – February 2015
Welcome to our first e-zine of 2015, to update you on the progress of the Greater Dublin Drainage Project (GDD), upcoming activities and details of environmental surveys being undertaken as part of the ongoing preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement … Continue reading
Greater Dublin Drainage Project Update – December 2014 – Public Consultation on Foreshore Licence now Underway
The GDD project team are managing the planning stages of the project which involves the preparation of a planning application, including an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála towards the end of 2016. Over the … Continue reading
Fingal County Council Finalises Sludge Management Plan
Fingal County Council has finalised and made the Fingal Sludge Management Plan (SMP) following review last year (2013) that included a period of public consultation. The Fingal Sludge Management Plan details proposals for dealing with non-hazardous sludges arising in Fingal … Continue reading
Upcoming information stands at Baldoyle (24th July) and Coolock (19th August)
The Greater Dublin Drainage project team are holding pop-up information stands at the following locations over the coming weeks: • Baldoyle Library, Thursday 24th July 2014, from 4.30pm to 7.30pm • Coolock Civic Centre, Tuesday 19th August 2014, from 2pm to … Continue reading
Meet the GDD team at Information Events this June
Greater Dublin Drainage Project Team members will be available to answer questions and provide information over the coming weeks as follows: Portmarnock Parish Centre, Wednesday 25th June 2014 from 10.30am to 12.30pm; Baldoyle Library, Wednesday 2nd July 2014, from 2pm … Continue reading
Planning Application to be lodged in 2016
Over the next 18-24 months a number of additional studies are being undertaken for the Greater Dublin Drainage (GDD) project. The need for additional studies follows the results from previous environmental studies, combined with the extensive amount of public feedback … Continue reading
Additional studies are now underway
Additional environmental and ecological studies are required so that a comprehensive assessment of any potential impacts on the Rockabill to Dalkey Island candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) can be made. It was designated a cSAC in April 2013. An … Continue reading
