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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MOTION NO. 10

MOTION: Councillor B. Bonner

That the Manager present a report on the condition of the entrance to Clondalkin Sports and Leisure Centre.  Could the following issues be addressed please.  The entrance itself is too narrow to allow access for buses bringing groups to swimming etc.  There are briars and overgrown bushes acting as traps for litter.  The area around the bottle banks is always untidy.  The derelict small brick building on the right as you come in reduces visibility for drivers  and causes a real hazard.  The whole area presents as unkempt and not fitted to the flagship Leisure Centre that we have in Clondalkin.  What can be done?   

REPORT

The entrance to Clondalkin Leisure Centre will be dealt with when the Roads Department carries out road re-alignment works and also installs a footpath at the request of the school. This work is gone to contract and the issue of the narrowness of the entrance will be addressed when the re-alignment works are carried out.

The Council is considering moving the bottle bank to another location, while there are plans to increase the number of litter-picking operations in order to deal with the litter problems in the immediate area.

The brick building referred to is considered to be a safeguard rather than a nuisance because it forces drivers to approach the bridge tentatively and therefore heightens awareness of the possibility of a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.