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Historically, flood risk management focused on arterial drainage for the benefit of agricultural improvement. Arising from increasing flood risk, the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945, was amended in 1995 to permit the Office of Public Works (OPW) to implement localised flood relief schemes to provide flood protection for cities, towns and villages.
Some schemes have been carried out by the Local Authorities under their own powers using the Planning and Development legislative code. The OPW either works in association with the relevant Local Authorities or funds Local Authorities directly to undertake flood relief works.
Scheme | Properties Protected | Current Status |
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Lough Funshinagh Flood Relief Scheme | Under Consideration |
Information on Local Authority led FRMP "Small Projects" (any project costing up to €1M or protecting 10 or more properties)
Scheme | Stage/Gateway | Properties Protected |
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Bogganfin Flood Defence Scheme | Commencement | 8 |
The Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme (the “Minor Works Scheme”) was introduced by the Office of Public Works in 2009. The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. The scheme generally applies where a solution can be readily identified and achieved in a short time frame.
Under the scheme, applications are considered for projects that are estimated to cost not more than €750,000 in each instance. Funding of up to 90% of the cost is available from the OPW for approved projects. The commencement and progression of any works for which funding is approved is a matter for each Local Authority concerned.
Local Authority | Project Location | Project Details | Approved Funding (€) | Year of Approval |
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Roscommon County Council | Four Roads Area | Study of catchement to identify relief works | 18,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Highbog Rahara | Drainage system Improved | 31,500 | 2009 |
Roscommon County Council | Lough Funshinagh and Environs – Ballagh, Lisfelm, Srahauns, Lysterfield | Study | 72,000 | 2018 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballymurry South | Install 750m of 900mm diameter pipework 450m in hard shoulder of N61 from flood location & 350m inland connecting to existing land drain. One road crossing required | 54,000 | 2017 |
Roscommon County Council | Killukin River Carrowreagh | Study Only | 7,000 | 2009 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballintober Village | Replace existing culvert with larger capacity structure | 90,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Fairhill Dysart | Works to raise the ground level and install piping | 18,000 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Killukin River Carrowreagh | Study Only | 5,036 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Ogulla River | To carry out maintenance on channel, replace culverts & repair to existing weir structure | 54,000 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballyglass River Dysrt | Study | 7,000 | 2009 |
Roscommon County Council | Killeglan Stream | Replace culvert at Onagh & remove growth from Killeglan Stream over distance of 5kms | 64,800 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballyglass River Dysrt | Study | 3,987 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Cloughan Four Roads | Installation of culvert and open drain | 16,200 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Knockalgtha | Study | 2,070 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Miltown Castleplunkett | Study | 2,250 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Valeview Castlerea | Increase capacity of existing pipe and undertake associated works | 54,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Cloghnashade Four Roads | Refurbishment of one road bridge 900mm diameter and one access road bridge 600mm, piping 115m of open drain and maintenance of open drain | 25,000 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Mountcampbell Jamestown/Drumsna | Remove trees from river & remove all timber debris below high water contour (approx. 10m) from river bank for a length of 700m | 40,500 | 2017 |
Roscommon County Council | Cullawinnia | Install new pipe culverts & clean open drain | 29,250 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Lisduff | Excavate 2.1 km of existing channel, including farm crossings | 9,450 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Taghboy Ballyforan | Drainage system Improved. | 18,900 | 2009 |
Roscommon County Council | Corroy Knockcroghery | Installation of a 450mm drainage line & associated works | 31,500 | 2018 |
Roscommon County Council | Correenbeg Oldtown | Remove existing 2 x 900mm diameter pipe culverts & replace with 1 no. 1500 x 1800 box culvert, remove existing 2 x 900mm pipe culverts at “Cish” & replace with 2 x 1200mm diameter pipe culverts | 36,000 | 2017 |
Roscommon County Council | Elphin | Hydrometric Study | 9,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballymurry North | Install 400m of 900mm diameter pipework in hard shoulder of N61 from flood location to existing land drain. Clear 850m of land drain towards River Hind. One road crossing required | 36,000 | 2017 |
Roscommon County Council | Four Roads | Installation of V-ditch open drain with mini cross sectional area of 0.94sq.m over a distance of 963m plus a 900mm diameter concrete sewer to discharge to Cloonlaughnan Lake pipe for a distance of 783m | 202,677 | 2014 |
Roscommon County Council | Moneymore TD Knockcrohery | Drainage system Improved. | 40,500 | 2009 |
Roscommon County Council | Crancam Athlone | Install 600mm perforated drainage pipe in road/verge for distance of 300m and connect existing water drain to it, clean local drain & associated works | 108,207 | 2019 |
Roscommon County Council | Jamestown | Removal of trees & timber debris from river bank | 22,500 | 2019 |
Roscommon County Council | Moore | Install 160m of 600mm diameter pipe with manholes & install culvert | 14,850 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Tibarney | Replace culverts, clean out existing stone culvert including removal of stone debris | 16,200 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Curnalee | To install pipe & construct 4 new manholes & a sluice valve.The pipe size to be a minimum of 900mm in diameter | 1,800 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Corraree-Ballygatta | Excavate open drain through land, install 900mm diameter pipes & associated works | 37,800 | 2017 |
Roscommon County Council | Curnalee | To install pipe The pipe size to be a minimum of 900mm in diameter | 18,000 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Ballyglass Lower Ballinaheglish | Increase cross sectional area of channel 1600m length and replace culverts as necessary | 28,800 | 2012 |
Roscommon County Council | Rockland | Install new culvert under R357 (600mm diameter with collection chamber and connection to existing open drain) | 14,850 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Red Bridge Drum | Install 600mm pipes under Road l2026 & L7577 | 24,300 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Athleague | Construct a weir and overflow channel & carry out channel maintenance | 270,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | River Jiggy | Channel maintenance and upgrading of culverts in selected areas | 7,200 | 2013 |
Roscommon County Council | Grange | Study to determine possible alleviation measures | 1,800 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Roxboro | Construct road crossing with 600mm diameter pipe to outfall drain for 120m through farm property | 8,745 | 2011 |
Roscommon County Council | Feorish River Ballyfarnon | Flood mitigation works on the Feorish River | 31,500 | 2020 |
Roscommon County Council | Beagh Brabazon Ballinasloe | To install 250m length of 900mm twinwall HOPE drainage pipe with 4 manholes | 63,000 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Oran/Killinraghy | Provide and lay pipework, increase the cross-sectional area of existing channel and replace culverts as necessary | 67,500 | 2012 |
Roscommon County Council | River Jiggy | Channel maintenance and upgrading of culverts in selected areas | 450,000 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Lissalway Castlerea | Study | 2,700 | 2010 |
Roscommon County Council | Moneymore | To install culvert drain & inspection chamber | 20,700 | 2016 |
Roscommon County Council | Strokestown | Study of Stokestown River Catchement | 18,000 | 2010 |
The OPW has statutory responsibility for and carries out a programme of Arterial Drainage Maintenance. These maintenance works relate to arterial drainage schemes completed by the OPW under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945, with the primary purpose to improve the drainage of agricultural lands. Local Authorities are responsible for the maintenance of Drainage Districts, which were completed up to 1943.
The OPW’s annual Arterial Drainage Maintenance Works Programme protects 260,000 hectares (650,000 acres) of agricultural lands and comprises 11,500km (7,150 miles) of river channel and approximately 800km (500 miles) of embankments.
Completed Scheme | Scheme Type | County(s) | Duration of Works | Benefitting Area (Acres) |
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Ballyglass (Knockcroghery) | Small Arterial Drainage Scheme | Roscommon | 1967-1968 | 500 |
Boyle | Major Arterial Drainage Scheme | Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo | 1982-1992 | 26,800 |
Corrib | Group Scheme | Galway, Mayo, Roscommon | None | |
Corrib-Clare | Major Arterial Drainage Scheme | Galway, Mayo, Roscommon | 1954-1964 | 74,900 |
Moy | Major Arterial Drainage Scheme | Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo | 1960-1971 | 61,000 |
The following table sets out the communities in this county that are covered by the Flood Risk Management Plans launched in May 2018 and provides an indication of the proposed flood relief schemes contained in the Plans for these communities. It should be noted that this table provides the position from May 2018 and the status of some schemes may have changed since then. Any changes will be reflected elsewhere in the county summary. In some instances, a technically viable flood relief scheme has been identified, however, a more detailed assessment of the costs and benefits will be completed to determine if the proposed Scheme is feasible. For other communities, there is a relatively low level of flood risk from rivers and/or the sea, and no structural flood relief measures are therefore proposed at this time. The current level of risk will be reviewed, along with all areas, on a regular basis into the future. In addition to the implementation of proposed flood relief schemes, funding will continue to be available for localised projects under the Minor Works Scheme. The Plans also set out those non-structural measures in place or proposed, for example Flood Forecasting, which benefit all at risk communities and properties. The Interdepartmental Flood Policy Co-ordination Group will continue its work now greatly informed by the wealth of knowledge in the Plans to bring forward further feasible proposals for Government’s consideration to support and assist households and communities through non-structural flood risk management and mitigation measures.
Area Name | Existing Scheme in Place | Scheme in Construction, Design or Pending | New Scheme Proposed in the Plans | Potential Scheme subject to further assessment | No Scheme Proposed as Community at Low Risk or Scheme Not Viable |
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Roscommon |