CITY TRIBUNE
Storm Callum leaves behind €100,000 bill for damages
Storm Callum might have lacked the knockout punch of his predecessor Ali, but Galway City’s clean-up bill still looks set to reach six figures.
The City Council and emergency services breathed a huge sigh relief shortly after 8am last Friday morning when high-tide passed without any major flooding event occurring.
Roads that had been closed from 8pm last Thursday evening re-opened shortly after high-tide had passed on Friday morning – while the empty Toft carpark had to be pumped out.
However, with up to 50 City Council staff deployed from Thursday evening through to Saturday – as well as back-up from the Army, Gardai, Civil Defence and Fire Brigade – the cost of Callum is likely to work out at around €100,000 for the city.
The main clean-up operations were in the Prom area on Friday and in Silver Strand on Saturday with a significant amount of debris thrown up from the sea, mainly small stones and seaweed.
The City Council has advised householders and businesses, who accessed sandbags in preparation for Callum, to ‘hold onto them’ and store them away for future usage.
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