Controversial €1.3b Dublin sewage plant given green light after 7 year planning battle
A controversial €1.3b sewage plant for Dublin has been given the green light for Dublin following a seven year planning battle.
The Greater Dublin Drainage Project, which will be built in Clonshaugh, will serve 500,000 people in north Dublin, Meath and Kildare. The project is one of Uisce Eireann's largest infrastructure projects and the water utility say it is key to economic growth and is critical to providing support for the demand for new housing.
The project will see the building of an underground pipeline which will start in Blanchardstown. This pipeline will collect and transfer sewage through a new pumping station in Abbotstown before the treated water is sent in to the Irish Sea 1km northeast of Ireland's Eye via a 6km marine outfall pipeline from Baldoyle.
An Coimisiún Pleanála granted permission for the project this week. The body's predecessor, An Bord Pleanala, had previously granted permission for the plant in 2019 following a planning submission in 2018.
However this decision was quashed in 2020 following a judicial review. Local campaigners sought the judicial review over concerns that what they dubbed a "monster" plant would have a "catastrophic" effect on the Dublin Bay Biosphere and would jeopardise Dublin Bay's status as the only UNESCO Biosphere in a capital city anywhere in the world.
Following confirmation that the plant has been granted permission Uisce Éireann said it will soon progress with the contractor procurement process for the construction of the project. The projected construction time for the entire project is estimated to take three years.
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