McGeough’s fears for Salterstown pier
CONCERNS about the damage caused to the coast by recent storms were raised by Cllr Antoin Watters at the monthly meeting of Louth County Council.
The storms had caused extensive damage at Gyles Quay and Templetown in the north of the county. Gyles Quay is a very popular beach, he reminded the council, and he asked if it would be possible to meet on site with an engineer as it would be helpful to access the damage.
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Templetown had also been severely affected by the storm and while he accepted that it wasn’t the council’s responsibility he wondere if there was any way to have some works carried out in the area.
Chief Excecutive Ms Joan Martin recalled that following previous storms there had been a callout by the Department for councils to submit applications for funding for areas which had suffered damage.
However, she cautioned that Louth was not nearly as badly hit as the west coast of Ireland but she assured the meeting that they would apply for any special funding which is made available as they had done in the past.
Cllr Pearse McGeough sought an update regarding the proposed works to stop coastal erosion at Seabank.
He noted that while the Chief Executive had indicated that the east coast was not as badly affected as the west coast, serious damage had been caused to the pier at Salterstown. He was fearful that if there were any more bad storms, the impact could be very serious.
Director of Service Mr Frank Pentony replied that he didn’t have a timeframe for the submissions to An Bord Pleanala in relation to the coastal protection works at Seabank.