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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor A.M. Dermody

"To ask the Manager to include in the arboricultural programme the trees in the cul de sac at No. 27 Ballyroan Heights, these trees (three in total) have become overgrown & are in need of urgent cutting back.  The residents are elderly and are forced to take up barrow loads of fallen leaves so as to avoid slipping.  The tree to the left of No. 27 also blocks out the natural light from the front garden?"

REPLY:

The trees located in the cul de sac at Ballyroan Heights are fastigiate hornbeam, Carpinus fastigiate spp. which are reasonably mature. These trees generally have a strict upright growth habit and do not normally require extensive pruning. However, in view of the large quantities of leaf litter produced in this confined cul-de-sac and the difficulties posed for local residents in the area, the trees will be pruned in such a way as to retain their overall shape, as part of the current Tree Works Programme for the area. The programme includes the pruning of similar trees located along Ballyroan Crescent.