COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE 1

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

QUESTION No. 9

QUESTION: Councillor T. McDermott

"To ask the Manager if the culvert which is being extended at the entrance to the Grange Golf course, at present the only link for wildlife between St Enda's Park and Grange GC/Marlay Park is being carried out to the recommended standards accepted by NRA in relation to amphibian and mammalian corridors.

REPLY:

A Wildlife Study was commissioned by South Dublin County Council during the planning stage of the project. No badger or stoat sett or evidence of red squirrels were found in the study area in question(Grange Golf Club and St. Enda's). Otters were found to be present in the stream.

Existing walls along Taylor's Lane, bounding Grange Golf Club and St. Enda's (locally known as Fortification Hill), restrict movement of wildlife across the existing road.The main avenue for movement of animals between Grange Golf Club and St. Enda's park is via the culvert adjacent to the entrance to the golf club. This culvert is being replaced with an arch culvert of similar cross-sectional dimensions to the existing culvert, although longer, which will fully reproduce the pre-works corridor for movement of wildlife.