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Efforts to prevent a repeat of severe flooding witnessed at the Gort Road Industrial Estate in Ennis in 2009 are expected to get underway this week.
Clare county council has singed contracts for work to begin on the Lough Girroga Flood Relief Scheme which will see a weir developed to prevent the chances of the area flooding in future
Houses along the Gort Road and particularly businesses in the local industrial estate were badly affected by severe flooding in November of 2009 following days of heavy rain.
Senior roads engineer with Clare county council Tom Tiernan says the Gort Road scheme is part of a larger plan to prevent flooding throughout Ennis in future