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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

MOTION NO. 7

MOTION: Councillor J. Lahart

"That this Council prioritises the Ballycullen (Castlefield Glenvara Glenlyon) Flood alleviation scheme for funding."

REPORT:

 

The Drainage Section of the Council has examined the flooding problem in the Castlefield area and after reviewing various options it has concluded that a duplication of the existing culvert is the preferred solution to alleviate flooding in the area.

The proposed solution is estimated to cost in the region of €1.6million. As resources from within the Council are very limited and to this end the Council has sought partial funding from the OPW and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

A meeting with Ministers Hogan and Hayes amongst others was held in Leinster House on the 26th February 2014 and the Council stated it would put up one third of the funding if this was matched with one third from the OPW and one third from the Department.

The OPW indicated that they would fund one third of the scheme but there has been no response from the Department which can only be interpreted as a negative response. This means the Council will have to find over €1 million out of very scarce resources to fund this scheme.

It is proposed to include a financial provision in the 2015 capital budget to procure an engineering consultant to prepare a detailed design and contract documents for the scheme. It is also proposed to make a provision in the 2016 budget for the construction of the scheme.

With regard to the screen at Hunter’s Road I can confirm that this has recently been replaced.