Poolbeg Treatment Plant
Speaking after a meeting between City Council Management and local Councillors, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey, welcomed the announcement that CDM – a Boston based consultantcy firm – have been commissioned to prepare a report on how the major odour problems at the Waste Treatment Plan at Poolbeg can be resolved.
“The local community has had to contend with this problem for far too long and I welcome this belated step by the Council to take real action. However as a Local Councillor I will be monitoring this process on an ongoing basis and this time want a full and final resolution to the problem. There will be no extension to this Plan countenanced until every single operating procedures of the existing one is fully compliant with the highest standards demanded and expected”
The team is due to begin work on May 9th and are expected to complete their study within five or six weeks. They have been specifically requested to report on what action the City Council can take as an immediate step within a 90 days period.
The meeting also agreed that the City Council would organise an Open Day at the Plant to enable the local community see for themselves the operating procedures and put their questions directly to City Officials.
