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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 11, 2016

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

To ask the Chief Executive for a program to be put in place for grass cutting in the new play-spaces across the county. There are a number of these play-spaces that have not had the grass cut in them for the month of June. How often do the council cut the grass in these play-spaces.

REPLY:

The layout and arrangement of play equipment on the new play spaces combined with the fact that many of these include steeply mounded areas of grass mean that many of these areas cannot be cut as part of the normal grass cutting programme by either tractor or ride-on mower.  Separate arrangements are therefore required for maintenance of these areas, with the grass being cut by pedestrian mower.  

While these areas are being cut at present it is the case that these arrangements have not yet bedded down and the cutting programme is not currently achieving a regular cutting frequency. 

This matter is being addressed and grass on these new play spaces will be cut at a frequency of once every three weeks in to the future.