'No timeline or cost' for illegal dump clean-up plan

'No timeline or cost' for illegal dump clean-up planJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBBCThe contaminated Mobuoy dump is thought to cover more than 100 acres of landThere is still no timeline, cost estimate or guarantee of the money needed, for the clean-up one of Europe's largest illegal landfill sites, politicians have said.The contaminated Mobuoy dump at Campsie in County Londonderry, discovered in 2013, was used to bury thousands of tonnes of rubbish at a site spanning more than 100 acres. Last year, two businessmen were jailed for their part in the operation.Environment Minister Andrew Muir recently met local politicians to update them on the planned remediation of the site but SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan, a former environment minister, said he was "disappointed" by the lack of new information."Obviously cost is where the focus is going to be," he told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme"We have no estimated cost, no estimated timeline and there is no guarantee that this work is going to be done," Durkan said.SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan was among local representative to meet the minister last weekThe figure for the potential repair bill is contained in 2022/23 accounts from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera), which were published in February 2024.At the time, officials estimated cost the cost at between £17m and £700m - however, that top figure would only apply if all of the waste was dug up and transported elsewhere, which is not what Daera is planning to do.The most recent estimate stands at £107m to clean up the site using a range of pollution prevention measures.However, that £107m figure is a "point in time" estimate, which is likely to rise the longer it takes to finalise the proposals and put them into action.Durkan said: "I'm not laying the blame at the minister's door, I do think they have been pretty proactive and are keen to get this d...