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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2015

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to present an update on the Village Enhancement Initiatives and to confirm the schedule now being followed in respect of each project.

REPLY:

VILLAGE INITIATIVE UPDATE                                     DECEMBER 2016

Works are now completed at Palmerstown and Manor Road.

Works are progressing well in Rathcoole. Work is 60% complete with a scheduled finishing date set in February 2016 (Arrangements are in position to minimise disruption over the Christmas period).

The first phase of works in Newcastle- the new footpath linking Aylmer Road to Peamount UTD. is out to tender with quotations due next week and works to commence in the New Year. Works on the gateway roundabout at the village entrance including pavements, kerbing and planting will issue to tender end January. The developed design for a public plaza at the Community Centre was not acceptable to community groups and will be revisited later in 2016.

Tender documents are being prepared for the plaza adjoining the historic cemetery in Rathfarnham and are scheduled for issue in February. The design for a new plaza at Wolfe Tone Terrace will commence consultation with traders in December. Works to the forecourt at the Castle requires permission from OPW which will be the centre of discussions with them in the New Year.

Pavement repair works in Lucan and Tallaght will go to tender before the end of the year and will be on site in January.

Preparation of tender documents for works in Tallaght village will commence early in 2016 and tender will issue in May.

Preparation of tender documents for the new public-stairway adjoining Lucan Bridge will commence in the second quarter of 2016. Revised proposals for the Village Green will be brought to the February Area Committee.

Good progress has been made with stakeholders in Templeogue village in an ongoing series of meetings and subject to agreements, a Part 8 process will commence in March 2016.

In Saggart the proposed closing/refurbishment of Mill Lane has not been approved by Area Committee. As this constituted the spine of the overall proposal a redesign and re-evaluation is now required and revised proposals will be brought back later in 2016.