The conditions surrounding the grant of planning permission for a long-awaited interim flood relief scheme in south Roscommon have been revealed.
An Bord Pleanala attached nine planning conditions to the grant of permission covering areas such as environmental protections, archaeological considerations and noise mitigation.
The proposed works by Roscommon County Council will see water removed from Lough Funshinagh by a temporary pipeline and discharged into the Cross River.
An Bord Pleanala approved the plans last week, with works set to begin on site next month.
Flood relief works at the former turlough have been held up by High Court actions by an environmental group since 2021.
Friends of the Irish Environment made the original objections to the Lough Funshinagh Flood Relief Scheme, but have welcomed the planning permission for a temporary solution.
The higher planning authority attached nine conditions to the grant of planning permission.
These include the hiring of a qualified ecologist and fluvial geomorphologist to oversee the site in the interest of securing the bio diversity of the site.
The local authority will have to comply with a number of nature conservation requirements such as water quality monitoring and consultations with Inland Fisheries Ireland.
Another condition calls for any equipment that will be used on site to be washed to avoid the spread of invasive species or pathogens.
