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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this Committee recommends that the area around the Bring Bank on Grange Road/Sarah Curran Avenue be tarmaced and to upgrade the area with a few shrubs –  This place is a mess and SDCC should be ashamed of it. I have been endeavouring for the past five years at least to have the area upgraded/moved – the responses i.e. the delay in negotiations with the OPW being continuously given as a reason for doing nothing is totally frustrating, in March 2008 I had the following response “One such option is an underground bring bank which will be trialled in Sean Walsh Park in the near future. This option may be more amenable to potential bring bank sites such as St. Enda's Car Park in the future”. That this Committee recommends that action to upgrade it be taken immediately."

REPORT:

As reported previously, the relocation of the bring bank carries cost, land ownership and road re-alignment elements that have been under discussion and must be resolved before any works can be undertaken. It should be noted that the context has changed with the significantly different economic environment for both the Council and the OPW and it does not appear likely that current circumstances will allow the relocation.

This location is regularly inspected and cleaned by the Council's Cleansing Section. It has been a subject recently of intense inspection and as the photographs attached show is not considered to be an eye sore.  The Bring Banks were cleaned during their last service.  The Roads Department have been requested to investigate the possibility of tarmacing this area and their report is awaited in this regard.