Convention centre expected to open on time

Updated: 08:13, Friday, 23 July 2010

The company behind the development of the new €380m National Conference Centre in Dublin's docklands says it expects the centre to formally open on time.

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Convention Centre - Request for a certificate

Its comments come after Dublin City Council today agreed to extend a licence allowing it use existing sewerage infrastructure.

Doubts had emerged about whether the centre's opening in September might have to be delayed, because construction of a sewerage pumping plant, which was to form part of the development, had not even started.

At a meeting today, Dublin City Council agreed to extend the licence allowing the new building to use the existing sewerage infrastructure until the end of September.

By that stage, it is expected that the Dublin Docklands Development Authority will have issued a certificate of compliance to the Spencer Dock Development Company (SDCC), approving its plans for the station, and allowing construction to begin.

In a statement, SDCC said it is committed to building the pumping station and provide its agreed funding, on receipt of a fully compliant planning approval from the DDDA.

It is expected that construction of the pumping station would take six months and as a result, the licence for use of the existing sewerage infrastructure will have to be extended further.

Dublin City Council was concerned about the effect the opening of the conference centre would have on the existing sewerage network, which is already operating at capacity.

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