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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor E. Coburn

"To ask the Manager for an update on the outstanding works required for the Boherboy Water scheme and associated works along Stocking Lane and to detail the current expected completion date?"

REPLY:

The outstanding civil works on the Boherboy Water Scheme are mainly at the two reservoir sites at Saggart and Kiltalown where the site works including roads, footpaths, landscaping and fencing still have to be started or finished. There are two short pieces of water main still to be laid at the bottom of Stocking Lane and in Citywest beside the Blessington Road and a number of tie-ins between the newly laid mains and the existing mains. All these new mains except the line to Newcastle from Saggart which is in service have to be cleaned and sterilised.

Pierse Contracting have gone into liquidation.  The Council is looking at all options for the completion of the work.  A team is in place to assess the implications and schedule the actions to be taken. The Resident Engineering Staff with the Council's Consultants are compiling an exhaustive lists of outstanding works and snags so that these can be priced.  A bond is in place and the Council is confident that the scheme will be completed though it will  be behind schedule. The current expected completion date is the middle of 2011.