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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Monday, February 25, 2013

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Manager for a report on all flood alleviation, landscaping and other works carried out on and around the River Poddle since October 2012, and for a report on plans for such work in the remainder of 2013?"

REPLY:

The River Poddle banks and bed have been cleared of all loose debris and all low hanging tree  branches and shrubbery have been removed along the Poddle River from the bottom of Tymon Park to Kimmage Road West, the boundary with Dublin City Council. The three screens at Wainsfort Manor, Kimmage Manor and St. Anne's Estate have been removed and new better designed screens installed to replace them. Two cameras whose batteries are powered by solar panels and a small wind turbine have been installed at the Kimmage Manor and Wainsfort Manor screens so that the SDCC staff can remotely monitor whether the screen is blocked  and in need of cleaning during flood conditions. These screens are also alarmed so SDCC staff are warned if the water levels at these screens rise to dangerous levels.

RPS who are the Consultants to the OPW and SDCC/DCC have finished surveying the Poddle River and are now modeling the river hydrologically and should have draft flood maps for the Poddle River by the end of June 2013.