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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this committee recommends that the long awaited funding for the realignment of the Knocklyon Road be made available immediately – as this project is on the books of SDCC for the past 30 odd years, and to the best of my knowledge & research no other project in the COUNTY has such a long history of neglect – or long-fingering. To acknowledge that genuine expectations were fulfilled in the execution of the part 8 procedure in 2008 after many years of waiting and that this committee recommends there is no way that this project can be delayed any longer. That a current report be made available at this meeting."

REPORT:

The Knocklyon Road Improvement scheme is part of the overall Non National Programme of road improvement being undertaken in the County and as such is dependant on finance being available for construction. The Council cannot enter a contract unless finance is available. The source of finance for this scheme is the Development levy contributions and given the economic downturn the Council is not in a position to finance the scheme at this time.