Newsletter June 2015 Eastern CFRAM Study Public Consultation on Draft Flood Maps The OPW have produced draft flood maps for the Areas for Further Assessment in the Eastern district and want to gather feedback from the public. The draft flood maps show areas that are potentially at risk of flooding under a range of different scenarios, for example, following periods of heavy rainfall or during Areas for times of high tide or times when wave overtopping may Further occur. The maps are available to view on the study website - Assessment details of how to access the maps online are included Draft flood maps have been prepared on the back page of this newsletter as well as details of for the Areas for Further Assessment formal consultation activities being undertaken by the (AFAs) in the Eastern district. The AFAs OPW. Details of the deadlines for commenting on the are shown in green in the above map. maps, plus details of informal Public Consultation Days held to display the draft flood maps, are included on the inside spread of this newsletter.

Dublin City Council Cavan County Council Offaly County Council In partnership Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Kildare County Council Westmeath County Council with: County Council Louth County Council Wexford County Council South County Council Meath County Council Wicklow County Council Public Display Date Public Display Date Draft Flood Maps for: Public Display Venue: Draft Flood Maps for: Public Display Venue: (consultation period): (consultation period): Riverbank Arts Centre Drogheda Library 18 February 2015, 3pm to 7pm Main Street 12 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Stockwell Lane Newbridge, County Kildare Drogheda, County Louth (18 February 2015 to 18 April 2015) Newbridge (12 March 2015 to 12 May 2015) Drogheda County Kildare County Louth Springfield Hotel Colaiste na Hinse 18 February 2015, 3pm to 7pm 16 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Leixlip, County Kildare Leixlip Mornington, County Meath Bettystown (18 February 2015 to 18 April 2015) (16 March 2015 to 16 May 2015) County Kildare County Meath Celbridge Library The Gatehouse Grill 19 February 2015, 3pm to 7pm St. Patrick’s Park 16 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm An Grianán Celbridge & Hazelhatch, County Kildare Termonfeckin and Baltray, County Louth (19 February 2015 to 19 April 2015) Celbridge (16 March 2015 to 16 May 2015) Termonfeckin County Kildare County Louth Ballivor GAA Club The Hamlet Court Hotel 2 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm 18 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Ballivor, County Meath Ballivor Johnstown Bridge, County Kildare Johnstown Bridge (2 March 2015 to 2 May 2015) (18 March 2015 to 18 May 2015) County Meath County Kildare County Buildings The Abbey Community Centre 18 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm 3 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Whitegates Clane, County Kildare Clane Wicklow & Ashford Rathnew, County Wicklow (18 March 2015 to 18 May 2015) (3 March 2015 2015 to 3 May 2015) Wicklow town County Kildare County Wicklow Town Hall 19 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Maynooth Library Edenderry, County Offaly Edenderry (19 March 2015 to 19 May 2015) 4 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Main Street County Offaly Maynooth, County Kildare (4 March 2015 to 4 May 2015_ Maynooth Áras Chill Dara County Kildare 19 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Devoy Park Naas, County Kildare Lucan Library (19 March 2015 to 19 May 2015) Naas Supervalu Shopping Centre County Kildare 4 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Newcastle Road Longwood GAA Club (4 March 2015 to 4 May 2015) Lucan to , Dublin Lucan 23 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Dock Road Longwood, County Meath (Flooding of the from Lucan to Chapelizod, including the (23 March 2015 to 23 May 2015) Longwood lower reaches of the Griffeen River.) Mullingar House County Meath 5 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Chapelizod Road OPW Head Office (5 March 2015 to 5 May 2015) Chapelizod 23 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Jonathan Swift Street Trim, County Meath Dublin 20 (23 March 2015 to 23 May 2015) Trim Kilcock GAA Club County Meath 5 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Branganstown Athboy Library Kilcock, County Kildare 24 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm (5 March 2015 to 5 May 2015) Kilcock Athboy, County Meath Athboy (24 March 2015 to 24 May 2015) County Kildare County Meath Lawless’s Hotel Navan Library 9 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm 24 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Aughrim, County Wicklow Aughrim Navan, County Meath Navan (9 March 2015 to 9 May 2015) (24 March 2015 to 24 May 2015) County Wicklow County Meath Greystones Municipal District Office Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown 9 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm 25 March 2015, 3pm to 8pm County Hall Greystones and Kilcoole, County Wicklow Greystones (Flood risk in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area from the (9 March 2015 to 9 May 2015) and Marine Road County Wicklow and Shanganagh- watercourses (including 26 March 2015, 12pm to 8pm Dun Laoghaire Newcastle Community Centre the area), and from the Carysfort-Maretimo, Old 10 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm (25 March 2015 to 26 May 2015) County Dublin Newcastle, County Wicklow Newcastle Connaught and Wilford watercourses.) (10 March 2015 to 10 May 2015) County Wicklow DUBLIN CITY (areas of flood risk, including tidal flood risk, along the Blessington Library River Liffey from Islandbridge to Dublin Port) 10 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Newtown Centre CLONTARF, Dublin 3 (Coastal flood risk in areas from Fairview Park to Blessington, County Wicklow (10 March 2015 to 10 May 2015) Blessington the Ave./Clontarf Rd. junction) County Wicklow , Dublin 4 (Coastal flood risk in areas from Beach Rd./ 30 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Dublin City Council Raheny Library Sean Moore Pk. to the Merrion gates) 11 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm and Civic Offices (Coastal flooding of Bull Island Causeway and James Larkin Road, as Road CHAPELIZOD, Dublin 20 (including the River Liffey from Lucan to (11March 2015 to 11 May 2015) 31 March 2015, 1pm to 7pm Wood Quay well as fluvial flooding in Raheny village.) Dublin 5 Chapelizod and the lower reaches of the River Griffeen) Carlton Hotel Dublin Airport (30 March 2015 to 31 May 2015) Dublin 8 RAHENY, Dublin 5 (areas of flood risk along the River Santry from the 11 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Old Airport Road (Fluvial flooding of the junction of the Swords Road with Northwood M50 Junction 4 area to Raheny village, including the Swords Rd./ (11 March 2015 to 11 May 2015) Cloghran Avenue, as well as playing fields and parklands along the river.) Northwood Ave. junction area, and coastal flood risk in areas from the County Dublin Dollymount Ave,/Clontarf Rd. junction to the James Larkin Rd./Howth Baldoyle Library Sutton, Baldoyle and Howth North Rd. junction, including the Bull Island Causeway) 12 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm Strand Road Avoca Community Hall (Coastal flooding in Baldoyle; on the Dublin Road, Greenfield Road 31 March 2015, 3pm to 7pm (12 March 2015 to 12 May 2015) Baldoyle Avoca, County Meath Avoca and Strand Road in Sutton; and on the Burrow Road in Howth North.) (31 March 2015 to 31 May 2015) Dublin 13 County Wicklow Click on the link that is of interest to you to view Viewing the the corresponding map. The draft maps can be downloaded and printed. A flood map questionnaire Draft Flood Maps is also available to download if you would like to Online provide feedback on the maps. To view the draft flood maps online, go to www. eastcframstudy.ie and click on the ‘Flood Mapping’ link on the right hand side of the page under ‘Public Consultation Mapping’.

The draft flood maps for each of the Areas for Further Assessment in the Eastern district will be available for comment on the Eastern CFRAM Study website for a Read, and click to accept, the disclaimer. period of two months from 3pm on the day when the maps go on public display (see the inside spread of this newsletter). Formal Consultation The OPW are undertaking formal consultation on all Zoom into your area of interest in the overview map. of the draft flood mapping nationally in mid 2015. Click on the square that is of interest to you to get a The draft flood maps will be available for viewing list of maps available for that area. within an online mapping tool and will also be put on display at Local Authority offices. This will provide another opportunity for interested parties to view and comment on the draft flood maps.

Find out more at:

www.eastcframstudy.ie

www.cfram.ie The available maps include flood extent maps, which show the predicted extent of flooding; and flood depth maps, which show the depth of the predicted Contact the study at: flooding. Eastern CFRAM Study RPS Elmwood House 74 Boucher Road Belfast BT12 6RZ Email: [email protected]