Flood prevention on the agenda for new estates on Naas road

A NAAS councillor is maintaining her pressure on developments off the Blessington Road that she fears may lead to flooding of homes if proper measures aren’t implemented.

Cllr Anne Breen raised the issues in the April meeting of the local Municipal District, having initially raised it only the month before, and the formal reply seems to indicate her pressure is getting work done.

“I’m asking that the council investigates and ensures that the proper flood risk prevention measures are delivered, and guaranteed, in the new housing development at the old SPS factory site adjacent to the Paddocks Estate on the Tipper Road, Naas,” she asked first.

In March, she had made similar enquiries about the neighbouring estate of Mountain View where she believed 395 houses built over the last four years on what she claimed was a floodplain could lead to flooding issues in the future.

A senior engineer at Development Control had a positive reply for her.

“There are a number of conditions within the granted planning permission relating to surface water discharge and flood prevention in the proposed development,” said Liam McNeela.

“The developer is required to submit details of their proposals to Kildare County Council for review to ensure compliance with the relevant conditions and the granted planning permission.

“Development Control will monitor construction of works on site."

Then Cllr Breen was straight in with her second query in relation to the Stonehaven estate, located half a kilometre away to the southwest.

“Can the council confirm if the permanent attenuation pond and the soil bank has been installed at Stonehaven Estate to curtail any future flooding in the area?” she asked.

“The temporary soil bund has been constructed along with a temporary drain to take the surface water from the old ditch and divert it away from Mountain View,” replied Mr McNeela.

“The developer stated recently that they are finalising an agreement with a contractor to begin construction of the attenuation pond area in the southwestern corner of the site, and this work will begin shortly."