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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"That the Chief Executive provide bollards on the laneway between Kennelsfort Road and Palmerstown Ave to deter fly-tipping and dumping, as agreed in principle last year, and as requested by residents. Petition submitted separately. The request that the bollards, which would be lockable, would be positioned (at two locations) midway between the three entrances to the laneway so that residents can gain access without necessarily having to lift the bollards. And that a gate be erected at the R148 (Eastern) end of the Laneway between Kennelsfort Road and the Coppice which had bollards three years ago as an experiment but while they prevent motorised traffic, they do not prevent dumping at this location and drinking parties and associated activities further up."

REPORT:

I refer to Motion 16 of the Lucan ACM dated 23rd April 2015 and our report on this motion.

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"That the Chief Executive arrange to (a) have the rubbish removed from the laneway on lower Kennelsfort Road (b) install lockable bollards at two locations on the laneway between Kennelsfort Road and Palmerstown Ave as agreed by the residents, to prevent unauthorised dumping and fly tipping.

REPORT:

The laneway located on Kennelsfort Road Lower, adjacent to Palmerstown House, also known as Chapel Lane, has been examined and arrangements are being made to have the rubbish removed.

The laneways on Kennelsfort Road Upper are maintained by the Public Realm Section on a regular basis and arrangements are in hand to have them routinely inspected and, where any rubbish is found, to have it removed.

In relation to the installation of lockable bollards the Land Use, Planning and Transportation Department have reported that as explained on a number of occasions if agreement can be obtained in writing from all of the affected residents the Council will consider the provision of bollards subject to funding.  

REPORT (Nov 2015 Continued)

This matter should be dealt with primarily by the Environment Section as it is a litter issue and not a traffic issue. The matters that need to be considered in detail are the number of bollards required and the locations of these bollards. There is a strong case for bollards to be located at the entrances to back laneways. If bollards are located within the laneway network, fly tippers may be tempted to reverse as far as the bollards, dump their load and leave the way they entered. Also, the whole of Palmerstown needs to be looked at as the problem will simply migrate from one laneway to the next. Based on these criteria there would need to be in the order of 40 bollards for Palmerstown.

In turn the Council would be expected to provide over 200 keys to users and maintain a comprehenive network of locakable bollards.

An alternative mechanism for dealing with the issue would be to investigate if the laneways could have the public right of way removed and the residents would be free to erect their own gates. One of the only negatives to this may be the loss also of public lighting in the laneways and such extinguishments would be conditional on an absence of public sewers.

The Council agree that it would be beneficial to find a solution, we simply need to make sure that any implemented solution is sustainable.