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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

QUESTION NO. 24

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the recently renovated Childrens Play Area in the Griffeen Valley Park. Local residents and dog walkers complain about the results of vandalism on this beautiful play area and criticise the type of fence at this location as being inadequate and that the Chief Executive make a statement on the matter?"

REPLY:

The Council are pleased to report that there have been no incidents of vandalism to playground equipment since the playground opened. The contractor has been recalled on 2 occasions to deal with an issue affecting the closers on the gates and to ensure all bolts were properly glued. Two bolts, one on a swing seat and one on a see saw handle had come undone. There are hundreds of nuts, bolts, screws, caps, washers and glued parts in the new playground and it was always likely that there’d be a few snags such as this. There has also been some erosion of the ground at the trolls head. It is planned to rectify this when the contractor returns to install the rest of the accessible equipment and the drinking fonts. The contractor will also tighten the zipline cable at this time. It is normal that this would have to be done after installation and is not a snag as such.

In the past few weeks a number of fencing panels have been pulled down and had to be re-erected by SDCC staff. The contractor has been asked to strengthen the fence by adding an additional post at the centre of each panel and they have agreed to do so. This is a relatively simple task, it will prevent the panels being detachable and the playground will not need to be closed to allow it to be done.