A COUNCILLOR has praised a new sewer development in the area around the Giant's Causeway but is disappointed that the Tonduff and Carrowreagh areas are not being connected to it.
Price McConaghy (Independent) was speaking at a meeting between Moyle District Council and Northern Ireland Water officials.
The new facility will take in waste from the Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre.
Councillor McConaghy (pictured) said for ye
ars he has been pushing for Tonduff and Carrowreagh to be connected to a mains sewer.
He said it was disgraceful that in this day and age in an area near the Giant's Causeway World Heritage Site there were still homes not attached to a sewer scheme - something he claimed was unique in the whole of Ireland.
A Northern Ireland Water official said that although they would like to provide sewerage and water to every home in Northern Ireland sometimes it is just not possible.
He said it was too expensive to connect the Tonduff and Carrowreagh areas to the Causeway sewage scheme.
Councillor Robert McIlroy (DUP) also welcomed the Causeway scheme but said the schemes spoken off by Councillor McConaghy are close by and should have been included.
Work on the new Causeway scheme is set to be carried out between October this year and May next year and it was timed to take place at a time of the year when the number of visitors to the Giant's Causeway is reduced.
Councillor Willie Graham (Ulster Unionist) hoped the work will not input on the Easter rush at the Causeway next year.
