Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when sanction will be given for the commencement of the Milltown/Claregalway sewerage scheme, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5043/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Claregalway and Milltown Sewerage Schemes have been amalgamated by Galway County Council into a single project that is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. This project, under which the Council will provide new waste water treatment plants and collection networks at both locations at an estimated cost of €13.5 million, is amongst the list of contracts in the county to advance to construction by 2012.

My Department is currently examining the contract documents for the combined Claregalway and Milltown Scheme and a decision on those documents will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible. Once approved, the Council will then be in a position to seek tenders for the combined scheme.