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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, April 23, 2012

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Manager to provide a date, time and venue for meeting with residents of St Joseph's Rd, Greenhills in order for all residents on the road to have their input into plans to deal with trees on the road?"

REPLY:

Proposals to deal with the trees on St. Joseph's Road were presented to the Tallaght Area Committee Meeting in November 2011.

Following discussions on the proposal  some local residents requested a meeting with Council Officials to discusss the plans that had been presented.  The residents were concerned at the extent of the works proposed and were anxious for the retention of trees that were to due to be felled and requested that the felling be done in a staged way rather than immediately as planned in order to prevent the immediate deterioration in the local landscape that felling would entail.  The Parks and Landscape Services Section agreed to consider a revised plan which would include for tree pruning as well as a phased implementation of the overall plan for dealing with the particular issues in relation to the trees on this road. 

In order to consider all of the views from the residents of St Joseph's Road that need to be considered in the making of a revised plan it is proposed to hold a public meeting locally in the coming weeks.  This meeting will be open to all of the residents of St Josephs Road.

Following this public meeting a Headed Item will be brought to the Tallaght Area Committee Meeting to update the Members on the outcome and how the Council intends to progress with the plan.