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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

 "To ask the Chief Executive for an update on this motion below and what work will be done be the council to fix this problem?"

53523 Councillor D. O'Brien Lucan Area Committee Lucan Area Committee Meeting 25th April 2017 Motions 10/04/2017

"This Area committee calls on the Council to install a new fence at the end of the Lucan Newlands road at the laneway leading to the R136. Between Glen Vale and Abbeywood Estate's. The current fence is not fit for purpose and there is a lot of anti-social behaviour in the area with people jumping over the fence." 

REPLY:

"The boundary between Abbeywood estate and the laneway leading to the R136 has been examined with a view to preventing movement between the 2 locations. The existing wall is obviously facilitating this movement by providing a step that people can use to traverse the railing. It is the experience of the Public Realm Section that where existing desire lines exist, they are very difficult to eliminate. The only solution that has been identified that might prevent this movement is to remove the wall and associated railing and install a more robust railing of a similar height. The works would need to be undertaken for a section of the boundary which measures approximately 8 meters in length from the corner of the adjacent property toward the R136.

The Elected Members should be aware that there is no guarantee that this alternative boundary will be successful. Replacing the wall and railing may remove the problem of people traversing the boundary, but this may be replaced by people gaining access between the estates by going through the railing or seeking an alternative location to traverse the existing boundary.

While there is no current provision to undertake the works in the current year, the proposed alteration to the boundary will be listed for consideration for the draft 2018 Public Realm Improvement Works Programme."