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Flooding in Ballymullen back in 2015.
THE Tralee Flood Relief scheme is to take nine years to complete, councillors were told at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District Council on Monday.
In a presentation by RPS Consultants, appointed by Kerry County Council in August 2021, councillors were given the projected timeline for the multi-million euro project.
Tralee has suffered severe flooding in certain areas of the town in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2015.
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Public consultation on the scheme is to begin this month. A number of reports, studies and consultation processes will take place over the next few years, with the project expected to go to the planning stage in 2025.
This will be followed by detailed design and the project going to tender in 2026. Construction is expected to be completed in 2029 with the handover of works in 2030.
The public consultation this month will seek the initial view from the public and other interested parties in relation the options to manage the flood risk in the area, to highlight points of local importance that might constrain the design and/or viability of any potential flood alleviation measures, and to collate information on any flood events that have occurred since the CFRAM Study was undertaken in 2018 to identify flood risks within Tralee.
To minimise COVID-19 risk the initial Public Consultation will take place online. An online platform, hosted on the project website (https://www.floodinfo.ie) will be developed in which the public and other interested stakeholders can access proposals, interact with visualisations, share feedback and connect with the Project Team.
