Calls Made For Dredging Works To Take Place At Wicklow Port

Social Democrats TD for Wicklow Jennifer Whitmore has said that urgent dredging works is needed at Wicklow Port.

Deputy Whitmore says Wicklow Port needs to be in a better position, otherwise opportunities will be missed in the future.

The Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage has been asked to answer questions about the foreshore licence needed for the maintenance of Wicklow harbour and to address the considerable constraints placed on the users of the harbour due to the extreme deterioration that has been allowed to occur.

In a statement Deputy Whitmore added  “It’s home to Wicklow Lifeboat Station with the D Class lifeboat moored upriver and a commercial sector that utilise the port facilities for cargo such as timber, glass and scrap metal and access to the harbour for windmill boats servicing the Codling windfarm. To hear that the silt ingestion and other navigational hazards in the river are left to deteriorate does not make sense."