COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To thank the Manager and staff for the ongoing work in removing fly-tipping from the laneways in Palmerston and to ask for an update on the servicing of Manor Road by the hand cart service as traders and residents complain of weeds, cigarette butts and other litter that never seems to be removed or cleaned."

REPORT:

The current arrangements for cleaning at Manor Road are twice weekly cleaning of the area, on Tuesday and Thursday each week, by the handcart man who services Palmerston Village.  The operative also cleans Kennelsforth Road Upper on the same days.  In April/May of this year a number of additional once off cleaning tasks were carried out by the Cleansing section in the area which is cleaned by this operative.  These tasks included removal of weeds throughout the route, cleaning and painting of litter bins and removal of chewing gum at Kennelsforth Road Lower.  Following a recent inspection it is clear that the matters raised here with regard to weeds and cigarette litter at Manor Road need to be examined once again and that further action is required to ensure that the standard of cleansing being achieved at Manor Road matches that achieved in Palmerston Village.   In this regard a crew from the Operations section will be deployed to the Manor Road area on Monday next December 17th to clean the area thoroughly and this will include the removal of weeds as well as cigarette and any other litter to be found in the area.  The current provision of the handcart service in this area will be reviewed once again as will the monitoring and supervisery regime that are currently in place.  It is felt that the improvements brought about in the cleaning of Palmerston Village earlier in 2012 have not been achived in Manor Road or Kennelsforth Road and measures are now required to be taken to address this matter.