WARRENPOINT Port says will no longer pursue proposals to change how it deals with dredged material.
Authorities had been considering the feasibility of a new placement site in the mouth of Carlingford Lough between Cranfield Point and Greencastle, but the plans will not now proceed following the initial findings of site surveys.
Port chief executive Clare Guinness said: “Early results from our site characterisation study have shown the proposal would potentially have an unacceptable detrimental impact on the ecology and aquaculture within the lough.
“Throughout the process, we have been clear that should the scientific research identify the potential for such an impact, then the proposal would go no further.
“We are pleased to deliver on this commitment, in our role as conservators of the marine environment, and will immediately cease pursuit of a revised dredging proposal.”
