COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, September 19, 2011

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor E. Walsh 2009

Go ndéanfaidh an Chomhairle Contae seo gach iarracht go ndeiseofar  an damáiste a rinneadh  i rith oibrí na scéime feabhsúcháin uisce ar chosáin , ar bhóthair agus ar mhaoine na gcónaítheoirí  atá ina gcónaí i limistéar na nGlaschnoc agus go gcinnteoidh an Chomhairle Contae go mbeidh na deísíucháin cuí sin déanta i gcomhairle leis na daoine ansin.

That this County Council shall make every effort to have repaired the damage caused by the water improvement works on the pathways, roadways and properties of the residents in the Greenhills area and that this County Council will ensure that the appropriate repairs are done in consultation with the people there. 

REPORT:

Tá beagnach 7.5 ciliméadair de na sean príomhphiopaí uisce déanta as iarann múnla  athchurtha ag An Chomhairle Cathrach Baile Átha Cliath agus a chonraitheoir GMC i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas sa Baile Bhailcín Ó thuas den bliain 2011, comh mhaith le beagnach míle sean-seirbhísí tí ó na príomhphiopaí uisce nua go dtí an falla teorann de gach maoin. Críochnaíodh an obair agus rinneadh na h-athcoirithe de na cosáin, na bóithre agus na gruaimhíní le déanaí. Ceartaíodh aon damáiste de thionóisc don mhaoin i rith na h-obraithe tionscadail. Tógadh griangraf agus rinneadh suirbhé den Áit go léir roimh tosú an Tionscadal Rehab ag tabhairt faoi deara na lochtanna a bhí sna fallaí, na cabhsáin agus ar uille. Treoraíodh don conraitheoir na lochtanna a dheisiú pe Áit in a bhfuil amhras faoi cathain a thárla an damáiste líomhnaithe.

Dublin City Council and it's Contractor, GMC, in partnership South Dublin County Council have replaced approximately 7.5 kilometers of old cast iron watermains  in the Walkinstown area since the beginning of the year,2011, plus nearly a thousand old household services from the new watermains to the boundary wall of all properties. This work is now complete with the last of reinstatements of footpaths, roads and verges done recently. Any accidental damage to property during the project works has also been rectified. Prior to the commencement of the Rehab Project the whole area was photographed and surveyed picking up existing defects in walls, driveways, etc. The contractor has been instructed that where there is a doubt about when the alleged damage occurred to household property, the defects should be repaired.