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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 14, 2010

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor C. King

To ask the Manager if any plans have been established to use part of the €1.1M 'Public Realm' budget for paving sections of the Belgard Road and N81 medians such as leading to roundabouts or junctions  to improve visibility and therefore safety as was discussed during the Budget 2010 process in the context of the twenty fold increase in the cost of cutting grass on these Roads and can the Manager make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

The paving of sections of the Belgard Road and the N81 Medians are identified as Items to be included in the Programme of Works to address the Public Realm as provided for in the Annual Budget.  The Roads Department, working in conjunction with the Parks Department, propose to remove grass sections of the median and replace them with hard landscaping to improve visibility and safety at some of the junctions.  It is probable that these works will be undertaken in two phases.  The first to remove the grass and topsoil and allow settlement and the second phase to involve the hard landscaping of the area.

These works will be carried out when the appropriate Health & Safety requirements are in place during the grass cutting of the medians this year.