COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor T. Delaney

That this Committee strongly recommends a form of action plan to address works on the Nangor Road (from the Tower Road to the Fonthill Road junctions) as follows-

A thorough litter pick followed by including this stretch on a regular routine cleaning schedule.

  1. The removal of all weeds along the pathway followed by a weed control plan to prevent them re-appearing as before.
  2. Enforcing CPM to control overgrowth from their lands out on to the public footpath and rectification works to the perimeter fencing.
  3. Remove all green growth, restore and protect for the future the old stone walling along this stretch including both sides of the potentially attractive Camac Bridge.
  4. Restore and protect the two water pumps as attractive features.
  5. Installation of bins along this route to capture both significant school and shopper traffic.

REPORT:

The operations crew will be requested to undertake scuffling of the weeds along the footpath to remove the growth and to undertake litter picking when required. The contractor, Oxigen Environmental sweeps the Nangor Road once a month. The Cleansing Unit of the Council will assign a crew to complete a weekly litter pick of this area. This should improve the litter situation, particularly on the Old Nangor Road.  As part of our ongoing litter bin installation programme the Council are also committed to installing a new litter bin at the community centre, and this will be completed as soon as possible.

The Council's policy on provision of new of litter bins in the area is in accordance with standard procedure as follows: the request for additional litter bins will be  examined by the Cleansing Engineer based on reports from the local Litter Warden and the Cleansing Foreman having regard for footfall and  litter arising in the area, proximity to litter generators (e.g. shops, schools etc.), as well as route capacity, staffing and litter bin coverage in the area.

The pumps will be examined by the Architect's Department to enable a restoration project to be designed and costed in the coming weeks.