Residents of a property of Portlaoise ‘simply terrified’ of repeated floods

Residents of a Laois urbanization live in fear of heavy rains, due to the past floods of a stream that flows through them.

This is how Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald says, who is calling attention to the ongoing flood problems they face again property Grange urbanization owners in Portlaoiseon the back of the Portlaoise prison campus.

A current that runs under the prison through the Grange has flooded in the past, he said.

“It is bad. Last year it was cleaned and that certainly helped. There is an area, a row of houses in the back of the current. They are very concerned about future floods. This is the only area of ​​Portlaoise where it would be absolutely great if we obtained a scheme, a long -term solution.

“It’s just a headache, a torment for Peole. When a heavy rain arrives, they are only terrified. Maybe he needs a physical barrier to stop it. He has cleared three times but is the design of the current. He needs a flood defense,” said Cllr Fitzgerald.

She presented a motion for the February 2025 meeting of the Municipal District of Portlaoise, asking the Council to request funds.

CLLR Caroline Dwane Stanley Secondó, saying that he had similar movements in the past, which resulted in some work.

“Those residents live with that daily,” he said.

Grange received € 40,000 in funds in 2023 for works.

The president of the district, Cllr Paddy Buggy, said “there is a solution, dredge the rivers.”

“Our rivers cannot drink water. If dredging, do not do them all in a year, nature responds after a year,” he suggested.

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The senior engineer of the Laois County Council, Adrian Barrett, said they will organize a topographic survey of the Earth and that “it will apply to the OPW for the financing of minor works to address the problem of floods in this place.”