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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE 1

Monday, January 21, 2008

QUESTION NO 3.

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

To ask the Manager of the Parks Department to review the current unkempt and dangerous mounding along the front of the Sundale estate with a view to providing a footpath and appropriate landscaping and to pursue resolution of any outstanding ownership issues now that the estate has been taken in charge?

REPLY:

The mounding adjacent to Sundale Estate was constructed by the Council’s Housing Dept. a number of years ago to prevent the area being used for illegal encampments. This margin although it has been taken-in-charge by the County Council, cannot be maintained on a regular basis to an acceptable standard because of its uneven surface. To remedy this situation it would be necessary to remove the excess mounded material, re-topsoil, level, and landscape the entire margin so that it can be maintained as part of the Parks Department’s normal grass-cutting rota for the area.  Low timber fencing may also be required to protect the area from encroachment.  Arrangements will be made to consult with both the Housing and Roads Departments with a view to having this work carried out in advance of the forthcoming summer grass cutting season.