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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 08, 2017

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report on the 2017 pitch maintenance programme?

REPLY:

A provision of €464,300 has been made in the 2017 budget for maintenance of playing pitches in the County, which will cover ordinary weekly maintenance as well as once off improvements which are required.  Weekly maintenance of pitches includes the weekly cutting of grass and cleaning/litter picking ahead of grass cutting.  This programme is ongoing and much of it is required to continue through the winter months.  Once off improvements include items such as goal mouth repairs, goal post repairs and replacements and the carrying out of drainage works on some pitches some of which are minor in nature and some of which are more substantial.  While the regular maintenance is ongoing much of the once off improvement works are not suitable for carrying out over the winter months and therefore this programme has not yet commenced.  The Council's Public Realm Section is in the process of scheduling this programme of works which will be implemented over the summer and autumn months.