Showing posts with label Flooding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flooding. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Areas Flooded in Wicklow

Wicklow County Council wish to advise motorists that we are aware of flooding, due to very heavy rainfall, in the following areas:

Blessington Area
Manor Kilbride area,
Sally Gap,
Lacken
Ballyknockan,

Arklow Area
Woodenbridge to Aughrim
Aughrim Village

Wicklow Area
Laragh to Glendalough
Wicklow Gap Lower
Newtownmountkennedy Main Street
Newtownmountkennedy to Kilcoole Road

Bray Area
Scalp Road, Enniskerry

Motorists are advised that driving conditions are extremely hazardous and are advised to avoid the area or drive with extreme caution

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

High Tide Alert

They're back folks.

A series of very high tides is due to occur starting this Friday the 31st of January and will continue over the weekend until Monday, February 3rd. Early indications are that the tides due at 11.30 am on Friday and at 12.18pm on Saturday will be particularly high. An accurate forecast of the high tide level for Friday should be available tomorrow morning.

With the added rain, over the coming days this is going to put extra volume of water down the liffey. 

Dublin City Council’s Flooding Advisory Group has risk assessed the high tides and the following measures will be put in place to deal with possible tidal flooding. These measures are strictly precautionary until Dublin City Council makes a more accurate tide level forecast 24 hours in advance of Friday’s high tide.

The 1 tonne sandbags which were put in place at Clontarf to deal with the January high tides have remained in place in anticipation of this weekend’s high tides.

Large capacity pumps will be put in place at Clontarf to assist in dealing with potential flooding.

Depending on the wave action the Wooden Bridge at Clontarf may be closed.

The car parks along the promenades at Sandymount and at Clontarf will be closed and pedestrian access points sealed.

There is a possibility that Strand Road and Beach Road in Sandymount will be closed due to wave overtopping.

The Boardwalk along the City Quays will be closed tomorrow evening, Thursday January 30th and will remain closed until at least next Monday February 3rd, at which stage a review will be conducted.

There may be lane closures on Victoria Quay and on Wolfe Tone Quay due to localised flooding. Additional preventative drainage measures have been put in place at these locations since the January high tides to minimise the risk of road flooding.

The River Tolka flood gates are being put in place.

The flood defence gates on the River Dodder will be put in place tomorrow evening, Thursday - January 30th and will be reopened after Saturday’s high tides have passed.

Flood protection measures will be deployed at Beatty’s Avenue, Ballsbridge.

Pumping arrangements are being put in place at Macken Street / Cardiff Lane.

Dublin City Council is liaising closely with an Garda Síochána and with Met Éireann and a further risk assessment will be carried out tomorrow morning.

We would ask that people please stay away from sea walls and not go close to them to take photographs. This is extremely dangerous and places an unnecessary and additional burden on the Emergency Services.

Property owners at risk of tidal flooding, particularly in the Clontarf and Sandymount areas are advised to protect their properties. Suitable guidance on flood protection measures can be found on the website www.flooding.ie

Friday, July 26, 2013

Badly Flooded areas as of 18.20

These are the areas worst affected by flooding as reported to us so far. More as we get them.

Swords Rd before Santry Ave outbound at the Swiss Cottage. Customers of the Omni Park shopping centre are having difficulty exiting the carpark as a result.

Clanbrassil St Outbound at Kevin St Junction

M50 between J13 Dundrum and J12 Firhouse

Shelbourne Road at junction of Lansdowne Road

Swords Road – Just after Collins Ave

East Road off Sherriff St

Beresford Place Inbound

Russell St at Croke Park

Clontarf Rd at The Yacht and Castle Avenue. Seafield Ave is impassable onto Clontarf Road. Vernon Avenue badly flooded also. Very poor visibility.

Howth Road at Lawrence Road junction

Church Ave in Ringsend

Sean Moore Roundabout

Stockhole Lane in Cloghran flooding in both directions