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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

MOTION NO. 20

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

"Give the lack of action since my motion last month can the Council clarify how we monitor and manage Litter Warden and Cleaning schedules? I have had a number of commitments in relation to the patrolling of Baldonnel on a two-week cycle yet bags of litter I spoke about last month are still there and there is discarded rubbish on the road for over a week now."

REPORT:

The Litter Warden Service carry out site visit/investigation of all illegal dumping instances reported through Customer Care/ Members Reps / Fixyourstreet / general observation, all of which are centrally managed through the Environmental Complaints System. This system is the central repository for all actions on all complaints received from receipt of incident / call to closure of matter, including details of actions / comments etc.

Following investigation to establish if there is presence of incriminating evidence, the location is logged into the Public Realm Scheduler (Works Management System) by the Warden Service and is scheduled by our Public Realm team for removal.

Cyclical litter picks and collections are also managed by our Public Realm team through the Public Realm Scheduler (Works Management System).

Staff working on Baldonnel Road are exposed to an increased occupational risk due to the nature of the roadway, the number of blind bends and the volumes of traffic which use the roadway.  For these reasons, only limited sections of the road can be maintained and material safely removed while maintaining through flows of traffic. The recent dumping at the blind bends at Casement Aerodrome present significant difficulty to remove having regard to the safety of staff. The Public Realm Section is liaising with the Councils Health and Safety Officer to develop a traffic management system to safely remove the dumped items.

The bags of rubbish and tyres that were dumped in the ditch between Kingswood Business Park and the R136 have been removed.