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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive to approve the installation of electronically operated gates at Griffeen Valley Park to allow for increased access to the park regular users?"

REPLY:

"The vehicular access gates to carparks in major parks in the County are currently opened by the Park Rangers Service.  The rangers start work at 10am each day and gates into parks are opened by the rangers once on duty.  While opening time does not change throughout the year, park closing time varies between 5pm in Winter and 9pm in Summer.  It should be noted that the opening and closing of parks relates only to vehicular access into car parks, pedestrian accesses into parks in general remain open at all times.

The automation of the main entrance gate(s) to Griffeen Valley Park where access to car parking is required will be listed for consideration for inclusion in the Public Realm Improvement Works Programme for 2017."