Ireland publishes River Mall flood relief scheme

The Irish government on Saturday publishes the River Mall (Templemore) flood relief scheme, which is aimed at managing flood risk and investing in flood relief works on the country's central southern river.

The scheme, when completed, will afford protection to 77 residential and 27 non-residential properties from the 1 in 100-year flood event, according to the government.

It is part of the government's 430 million euro- capital investment plan for flood mitigation initiatives to protect threatened localities from river and coastal flood risk.

The town of Templemore, South Ireland's County Tipperary, lies on the River Mall. The town has a long history of flooding over the last 150 years. The most notable flooding in the recent past occurred in November 2000, which affected approximately 40 properties.

The proposed templemore flood relief scheme has evolved through an initial screening process of a range of potential measures typically considered for flood alleviation schemes, the development of potential options and finally the development of a preferred scheme design.

There are three main features to the scheme: a line of upstream defences and structures needed to stop overland flow damaging the town; moving the river a few hundred metres to the west of its present location; and works downstream of the town. (1 euro = 1.07 U.S. dollars)

source: Xinhua