COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC REALM AND CLIMATE CHANGE SPC

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

 

Update on Flood Alleviation & Minor Improvement Schemes

Minor Improvement Schemes

The New Road, Surface Water Scheme was completed in February. Clearing and Regrading Works were completed on the Oldcourt Stream near the Oakdale and Ferncourt development in April. The Camac River cleaning will be completed in September. The clearing of the Jobstown stream south of the N81 will commence in late September.

The works to replace a section of the Surface Water drainage on Monastery Road has commenced and will be completed in September. Archaeological issues delayed the commencement of that scheme. Full road re-surfacing will take place on Monastery Road during the schools mid-term break in October.

Design difficulties have delayed the commencement of the Tay Lane, Rathcoole, Surface Water Drainage Works, Phase 1 of which will be completed before the end of the year. Planned works for Q4 2016 at Chapel Hill, Lucan are under design. The design of these works have proved challenging due to the topography of the location, however it is still anticipated that the scheme will commence in November.

Major Flood Alleviation Schemes

The design of the Ballycullen stream flood alleviation scheme is currently being finalised by our Consultants, ground investigation work has delay the planned start date but is now complete. We anticipate that the scheme will commence on site this October.

The Poddle scheme involves work in SDCC and DCC. It is being led by SDCC with input from DCC and the OPW. A tender competition to appoint consultants must be run, the original intension to use a DCC framework is no longer possible. The brief and tender documents for the appointment of Consultants is currently being progressed.

The OPW has proposed the establishment of a steering group to consider works along the Camac River. This steering group will commence shortly with a view to writing a brief for the appointment of Consultants to carry out the design of flood alleviation measures along the route of the Camac. The next meeting with the OPW will be in mid September.

A site meeting with the OPW was held in June on the Whitechurch stream. A potential scope of works was discussed.