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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, May 21, 2012

HEADED ITEM NO.8

HEADED ITEM: M. Hannon

Update on the 2012 Arboricultural Works Programme

REPLY:

UPDATE ON THE 2012 ARBORICULTURAL WORKS PROGRAMME

The arboricultural programme for 2012 was presented to the Tallaght Area Committee on 5^th December 2011; the programme commenced in January 2012 and will be undertaken in two phases:

·        January 2012 to March 2012

·        November 2012 to December 2012

In relation to trees, priority is given to trees in the following categories:

• Dead and damaged trees.
• Trees in very close proximity to public lighting columns (less than 1.8m).
• Trees associated with lifting footpaths. 
• Trees in conflict with overhead utility cables.

Aside from these categories, works are carried out to trees only where they are considered to be consistent with good arboricultural practice. Examples of this would be crown lifting (removal of lower branches), crown thinning (reducing the weight of large trees), pruning to deal with weak branch junctions, pruning to improve the shape of the tree and removal of suckers.

The tables, 1 and 2 below set out the update on the programme of works and works completed to date.  The completion of the programme is dependent on the continuation of the resources to do so.

Table 1:  TALLAGHT CENTRAL ELECTORAL AREA – Housing Estate Work

Estate	Location	Works to be undertaken	Update
Allenton Drive	42 Allenton Drive	Removal	Completed
Alpine Rise	Estate	All trees requiring pruning/removal	Not yet completed
Balrothery Estate	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Belgard Heights	Estate	All trees requiring pruning/removal	Not yet completed
Bolbrook Park	11 Bolbrook Park	Removal	Completed
Cairnwood	32 Cairnwood Court	Removal	Completed
Drumcairn	15 and 18 Drumcairn Drive	Removal	Completed
	18 Drumcairn Avenue	Removal	Completed
Glendoo Close	Glendoo Close	All trees requiring pruning or removal, including 5 Glendoo Close	Completed
Glendown Estate	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Glendown Road	Glendown Road and Cypress Drive Junction	All trees requiring pruning or removal at junction	Completed
Glenview	12 Glenview Drive	Removal	Works yet to be undertaken
	Between 13 and 14 Glenview Drive	Removal	Works yet to be undertaken
Kilcarrig	16 Kilcarrig Close	Removal	Completed
	24 Kilcarrig Crescent	Removal	Completed
	5 and 15 Kilcarrig Green	Removal	Completed
Kilnamanagh Estate	Parkhill	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
	Parkhill Road	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Kingswood	20 Forest Park	Pruning	Completed
	60 The Park	Pruning	Completed
	15 The Garth	Pruning	Completed
Limekiln	1 Limekiln Close	Removal	Completed
	25 Limekiln Park	Removal	Completed
	Between 9 and 11 Limekiln Road	Removal	Completed
	Between 13 and 15 Limekiln Road	Removal	Completed
Orwell Park	266a Orwell Park Glade	Removal	Completed
	292 Orwell Park Grove	Removal	Removal now deemed     unnecessary
Raheen	79 Raheen Road	Removal	Completed
	40 Raheen Park	Removal	Completed
	Rear of Raheen Close	Removal	Completed
	12 Raheen Drive	Pruning	Completed
Rossmore	Rear of 22 Rossmore Avenue	Pruning	Completed
	3 Rossmore Crescent	Pruning	Completed
	Two trees at corner of 1 Rossmore Drive	Pruning	Completed
	52 Rossmore Lawns	Pruning	Completed
	Cul-de-Sac end of Rossmore Lawns	Pruning	Completed
	Rear of 4 Rossmore Grove	Removal	Completed
Rushbrook	6 Rushbrook Drive	Removal	Removal now deemed     unnecessary
Springfield	Springfield Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Phased  programme of removal in progress
	733 Virginia Heights	Removal	Completed
St. James Road	19 St. James Road	Removal	Completed
	199 St. James Road	Removal	Completed
	203 St. James Road	Removal	Completed
St. Joseph’s Road	Road	All trees require removal	Subject to further consultation
Swiftbrook	41 Swiftbrook Drive	Pruning	Completed
Templeogue Lodge	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Templeogue Wood	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Temple Manor	3 Temple Manor Grove	Removal	Completed
Wainsfort Avenue	9 Wainsfort Avenue	Removal	Completed
Wainsfort Manor Estate	Estate	All trees requiring pruning of low hanging branches	Completed
Westpark	11 and 14	Removal	Completed
Willington Drive	Between 2 and 4 Willington Drive	Removal	Completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2:  TALLAGHT CENTRAL ELECTORAL AREA – Park and Open Space Work

Park/Open Space	Location	Proposed Work	Update
Avonmore Road	Open space adjacent Scoil Santain	Thinning and removal	Completed
Bancroft Park	Boundary at Scoil Aongusa	Thinning and removal	Not yet undertaken
	Boundary at Tymon North Gardens	Thinning and removal	Not yet undertaken
Beechfield Park	Park	All hedges requiring cutting	Completed
Belgard Green	Open space	Removal of dead trees	Completed
Castle Park	Group of open space trees to rear of 118 Castle Park	Pruning	Works not yet undertaken
	Group of open space trees adjacent 145 Castle Park	Pruning	Works not yet undertaken
	178 Castle Park	Pruning	Works not yet undertaken
Cherryfield Road	115 Cherryfield Road	Removal	Completed
De Selby	Open space	Remove dead tree	Completed
Greenhills Park	Park	All hedges requiring cutting	Completed
Greentrees Park	Avondale Terrace boundary	All trees requiring pruning	Completed
	Park	All hedges requiring cutting	Completed
Kiltalown Park	Park	Removal of mature tree	Completed
Rossmore Road	Adjacent school boundary	Thinning and removal	Works not yet undertaken
Tallaght Road	Glenview Estate	All hedges requiring cutting	Works not yet undertaken
Tymon North Road	Outside main gate of St. Aongus Church	Removal	Works not yet undertaken
Tymon Park	Tymon North Road boundary	Thinning and removal	Works not yet undertaken
	Limekiln Road boundary adjacent car park	Thinning and removal	Works not yet undertaken
	Park	All hedges requiring cutting	Works not yet undertaken
Wainsfort Road	Two open spaces adjacent Two Sister’s Pub	Thinning and removal	Works not yet undertaken
Whitehall Road	Priory Estate	All hedges requiring cutting	Works not yet undertaken
Whitehall Road West	Open space adjacent Wellington Court Apartments	Pruning and removal	Works not yet undertaken
Willington Roundabout	Centre of roundabout	All dead trees requiring removal	Works not yet undertaken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3:  TALLAGHT SOUTH ELECTORAL AREA – Housing Estate Work

 

ESTATE	EXTENT OF WORK	Pruning/Removal	Update
Aylesbury	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Not yet completed
Bohernabreena Road	Whole Road	Pruning	Completed
Carriglea	7 Carriglea Rise	Pruning	Not yet completed
	Side of 1A Carriglea	Pruning	Not yet completed
	Side of 9 Carriglea Avenue	Removal	Not yet completed
	31 Carriglea Downs	Removal	Not yet completed
	8 Carriglea Drive	Pruning	Not yet completed
	12 Carriglea Drive	Pruning	Not yet completed
	14 Carriglea Drive	Pruning	Not yet completed
	Side of 1 Carriglea Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
	3 Carriglea Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
	7 Carriglea Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
	19 Carriglea Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
	23 Carriglea Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
	4 Carriglea Grove	Removal	Not yet completed
	8 Carriglea Grove	Removal	Not yet completed
	2 Carriglea Rise	Removal	Not yet completed
	3 Carriglea Rise	Removal	Not yet completed
	15 Carriglea Rise	Removal	Not yet completed
	27 Carriglea Rise	Removal	Not yet completed
	9 Carriglea View	Removal	Not yet completed
	12 Carriglea View	Removal	Not yet completed
	14 Carriglea View	Removal	Not yet completed
	Opp. 27 Carriglea View	Removal	Not yet completed
	Opp. 41 Carriglea View	Removal	Not yet completed
Carrigwood	87 Carrigwood	Pruning	Not yet completed
	125 Carrigwood	Removal	Not yet completed
Cloonmore	21 Cloonmore Avenue	Removal	Completed
Cushlawn	318 Cushlawn Dale	Removal	Completed
Heatherview/ Carrigmore	Estate	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Completed
Idrone Drive	2 Idrone Drive	Removal	Not yet completed
Killakee Avenue	32 Killakee Avenue	Removal	Not yet completed
Killinarden	133 Killinarden Heights	Removal	Completed
	94 Killinarden Estate	Pruning	Completed
Kiltalown	20 Kiltalown Green	Removal	Completed
	35 Kiltalown Heights	Removal	Completed
	1 Kiltalown Way	Removal	Completed
Knockmore	5-6 and 33 Knockmore Avenue	Pruning	Completed
	47 Knockmore Park	Pruning	Completed
	7 Knockmore Gardens	Pruning	Completed
Monalea Grove	92 Monalea Grove	Pruning	Completed
Old Bawn	All trees requiring pruning or removal	Pruning	Completed
Seskin View	Between 25 and 27 Seskin View Drive	Removal	Completed
	9 Seskin View Road	Pruning	Completed
Suncroft	15 Suncroft	Pruning	Completed
Woodlawn Park Drive	74 Woodlawn Park Drive	Pruning	Not yet completed
Woodlawn Park Grove	92 Woodlawn Park Grove	Removal	Completed