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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor V. Casserly

"To ask the Chief Executive to prioritise Hillcrest estate for tree pruning and removal in 2017?"

REPLY:

"In line with the Council's Tree Management Policy 2015-2020 "Living With Trees", the focus of the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme and future programmes is on entire roads or whole estates. This represents a move away from reactive pruning of individual trees on a one off basis to a planned programme of maintenance. The objective of this approach is to increase the efficiency and productivity of the tree maintenance crews and to advance a proactive programme of cyclical pruning that is targeted at priority locations where intervention is most needed to yield wider community benefit.

In the above context, Hillcrest estate is proposed for inclusion on the 2017 Tree Maintenance Programme.  In advance of any works being carried out, a full survey of all trees in the estate will be carried out to inform the scheduling of tree pruning and removal works for all trees in the estate that are identified as requiring tree maintenance. These works will be carried out during 2017."