During Monday’s County Council meeting on Inishturk, Councillor Frank Chambers put forward a Notice of Motion that Mayo County Council introduce a policy in co-operation with oil suppliers to deal with the numerous oil spillages on our main and county roads.
The “bad work practice” of oil companies not turning off taps, according to Cllr Chambers, results in numerous accidents and is a huge cost for the council who have to deal with the clean up and after effects. Cllr Henry Kenny added that the perpetrators should shoulder the cost, not the council.
Senior executive engineer Joe Beirne said that a policy does not need to be drawn up as the law in relation to oil spillages is simple, those who release oil onto the roads can and should be prosecuted.
