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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor S. Holland

"That the Council change current grass cutting practice to ensure that the border grass around trees & rocks is cut at the same time as the main green areas?  Otherwise green areas always look unkempt.  This small change will make a huge difference."

REPORT:

The grass which grows around obstacles in open spaces and grass margins such as trees, sign poles, rocks etc cannot be accessed and cut by the Council's ride-on mowers and therefore additional measures are required to deal with this issue.  In this regard the Council's Public Realm section carries out a weed spraying programme each year which is intended to deal with these areas.  Once spraying occurs in an area a period of weeks is allowed to elapse during which time the grass dies off, following this the area is then cut using a handheld strimmer.  The spraying operation is weather dependent, if rain occurs during or directly after spraying then it can be rendered ineffective and on occasions when this happens spraying will need to be repeated.  Evidence of the treatment of these difficult areas can be seen across the County.