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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

MOTION NO.4

MOTION: Councillor P. Donovan

"That this Committee calls on our Public Realm Team to improve the look of Grange Downs cycle track/greenway.  It is a well used through way and continues to suffer the ongoing scourge of graffiti.  Can an assessment be carried out to consider planting suitable hedgerow along the graffiti hotspots and also to identify the biodiversity site running adjacent to the cycle route as the county pilot site for installing innovative signage informing residents of a biodiverse planting site."

REPORT:

"The wide margin which runs alongside the cycle track from Grange Road to Grange Downs is maintained by the Council's Public Realm Section as a wildflower area.  The maintenance required here involves cutting the grass on two occasions in the year, around May and September.  The grass cuttings should be left in place for a short period of time to allow re-seeding to occur, and should then be collected and removed.  The ground also needs to be lightly scarified after the grass cuttings have been removed.  This work will be done at this location during the month of September.  Information signage has been designed for this location and it is intended that signage will be procured and put in place here in the near future.

A narrow strip of grass adjacent to the cycle track has been cut recently and this strip will continue to be cut on a fortnightly basis to improve the presentation of the area.  An assessment will be carried out of boundary planting which took place when the cycle track was developed and arrangements will be made to replace any plants which have not survived."