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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

"That this Council notes the successful works carried out by SDCC crews during the floods in the county, and that the council provide a report on the effects of flooding particularly the floods that occurred in Lucan on Thursday 13th last, including what areas were worst hit in the Lucan area, noting any items of work that have been identified and remain to be completed."

REPORT: 

Met Eireann advised South Dublin County Council that heavy rainfall was forecast for the Dublin area between November 13th and 14th. During this period up to 65mm of rain fell within some areas of the county.

South Dublin County Council staff and crews are actively monitoring the situation both on the ground and in liaison with Met Eireann. Council crews were dispatched to cleaning gullies and removing debris from all river screens in flood prone areas. Fortunately no residential properties were flooded however as a result of this severe rainfall event localised ponding, sewer chokes and some overflows occurred.

The Council had maintenance crews on standby to deal with emergencies over the 24hrs. In addition we also provide an emergency 24/7 service where members of the public seeking assistance in an emergency can contact ph: 01 4574907. Incidents were tackled by a combination of Council's Drainage and Roads Maintenance Sections response crews. The Drainage Section responded to some 20 call outs and all were resolved.

There were no reports of flooding in the Lucan area on this occasion to the Drainage Section.

The Roads Maintenance and Drainage Sections are currently compiling a report on these flooding incidents and will review the impacts associated with recent heavy rainfall with a view to identifying a range of measures and minor works schemes that can be progressed in the short to medium term.