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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor A-M. Dermody

"That the Chief Executive confirm what progress has been made since I put down a motion (specifics as to date to follow) with regard to the Ballyboden roundabout and St. Catherine’s Gate. I described and once more affirm my view that this roundabout is the “poor relation”, a useful exercise would be to compare the budget spends on each of the three in a row roundabouts stretching from Ballyboden, to Templeroan, up to Orlagh. There is huge potential at the Ballyboden roundabout as any landscape design can incorporate the areas of disused land behind the stone walls. It is important also as we approach the Centenary celebrations next year and visitors coming to visit Pearse’s Museum, that the area look its best, but lest there be any doubt this is work that the Chief Executive agreed sometime back to do, with the passage of time and no progress there is now an even more pressing reason to get this roundabout looking better."

REPORT:

The improvement scheme proposed here at St Catherine's Gate is included in the public realm improvement works programme for 2015 as presented to the meeting of the County Council on Monday March 9th.  A budget of €25,000 is provided in 2015 for this scheme under the heading 'Good Counsel site, Scholarstown Road'.  The works proposed here are the upgrade of the roundabout and adjacent area.  It is expected that the works will be carried out in the second half of the current year.