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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the removal of tree stumps in Ardeevin estate?"

REPLY:

The Council’s tree maintenance crew carried out a planned programme of tree pruning and removal works in Ardeevin estate during 2017 and further pruning and removals were recently completed on behalf of the Council by a suitably qualified contractor on remaining trees in close proximity to overhead electricity wires that required maintenance.    

When a street tree is felled by the Council, it is not always possible to remove the stump immediately.  Under these circumstances a short tree stump is left as a temporary measure. The stump is usually left at around 1m high so that it does not constitute a trip hazard in the intervening period. Tree stump removal is normally undertaken during the winter months between November and February when staff who are engaged in grass cutting operations over the growing season are reassigned to this task. It may also be done once there are a sufficient number within a location for their removal to be economical, subject to staffing commitments to other Public Realm seasonal operations of the time.

Ardeevin estate is now listed on the tree stump removals programme for completion of all tree stump removals as soon as practically possible when the programme resumes in the autumn.