Environment minister Andrew Muir has welcomed a constructive engagement with local political representatives on the remediation of the Mobuoy site.
Minister Muir said: “Faced with the challenge of remediating one of the largest illegal dumping sites in western Europe, it is important that I and my officials have been able to engage local people and representatives on the way forward and I very much welcome this constructive engagement today.
“Today was an opportunity to discuss how we progress this issue and to reaffirm our commitment to protecting water quality and managing the environmental risks posed by the Mobuoy site.
“We have taken on board the consultation responses and undertaken additional technical assessments to strengthen the draft Remediation Strategy.
“I remain eager to progress the plans for remediation and can confirm we will now be moving towards adoption of the final Remediation Strategy including obtaining an updated cost estimate for delivery of the remediation. This will then enable us to develop and put forward a formal business case in relation to remediation works as per required processes.”
Minister Muir committed to further engage with elected representatives for the area over the summer.
Environmental monitoring at the Mobuoy site continues, and further updates on both the remediation project including consultation summary report and monitoring programme are available at: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/mobuoy-remediation-project.
