Under-Shannon Crossing | Athlone Main Drainage Scheme | Uisce Éireann

Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Westmeath County Council, has commenced works to upgrade the Athlone sewer network. When completed, this project will reduce the risk of sewer flooding in Athlone and address non-compliant sewer overflows into the River Shannon. It will also improve the capacity of the sewer network allowing for current and future population growth.

Most recently the first underground crossing of the mighty River Shannon was successfully completed. These tunnelling works which began in September 2023 in the Deerpark/Showgrounds area of Athlone were scheduled for completion in early 2024. The tunnel boring machine paved its way under the river, installing this critical pipeline and has now successfully arrived at Burgess Park.

The next phase of tunnelling works will commence this week from Burgess Park to Wolf Tone Terrace which will take approximately two months to complete. Following on from these works, tunnelling will commence from Golden Island to Paynes Lane with an estimated completion date of Summer 2024.

For more on this project, check out https://www.water.ie/athlone-main-drainage-scheme/

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