Uisce Eireann make further applications on Longford vent stacks

Uisce Eireann have made an updated application to Longford County Council to undertake works on a protected historic feature of the Edgeworthstown townscapes.

The water utility company lodged two updated applications to undertake “minor ground investigation and reinstatement works adjacent to the base of the existing vent stack”.
The application is also for “permission for the installation of replacement vent stack and associated pipework and ancillary site works”.

The protected historic street furniture is located at Devine Crescent , Edgeworthstown, Longford.

The application relates to the free-standing Victorian cast-iron vent pipe in Edgeworthstown.
Six months ago workers were halted by locals in Edgeworthstown when they endeavoured to take an angle grinder to the protected features. The private contractor had already removed one from Tromra Road in Granard, which was erected around the early 1900s.

The local authority have previously granted permission for the removal of the vent stacks, however the utility company have lodged an updated application. The planners indicated a decision on this application is due in the coming weeks.