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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 20, 2016

QUESTION NO.8

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the new programme of cleansing of cycle paths? 

REPLY:

The Council's road sweeping contract which is currently held by Oxigen Environmental Ltd includes for the sweeping of cycle tracks where they are contained within the road carriageway.  Where cycle tracks lie outside the road carriageway then an alternative arrangement is required for their sweeping.   A mini-sweeper has recently been hired to operate in the Lucan and Clondalkin areas on the sweeping of cycle tracks, this system is currently being trialled to establish how frequently the cycle tracks in these areas can be swept.  Once the trial has been completed a regular sweeping schedule will be implemented.  A similar system has been in operation in the Tallaght area for some time now.