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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2016

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive if there are any plans to carry out works, such as the provision of underground ducting, in our Villages which would then allow for the undergrounding of overhead power lines in conjunction with the ESB as recommended in numerous Tidy Towns assessment reports?

REPLY:

Where the ESB or other utilities request the installation of ducting under the village programme these requests are usually met subject to appropriate financial agreement.  The wholesale undergrounding of ESB services is prohibitively expensive and is considered beyond the scope of the village's project.  If there are any specific requests to underground certain isolated unsightly overhead cables this can be costed and assessed on a case by case basis.

Where new or upgraded public lighting is required these are always powered via underground ducting.