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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

MOTION NO. 21

MOTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"That this Area Committee request the Chief Executive if the safety of the new footpath at Main Street, Clondalkin can be assessed following a recent serious fall at the section of footpath outside Ladbroke's betting shop.  It appears that the indented guttering in the middle of the path caused the problem.  Has the use of such drainage systems in footpaths been assessed by the Council in terms of safety?" 

REPORT:

The recent works carried out on Clondalkin Main Street and Tower Road involved replacing the damaged paving and re-laying to the same lines and levels. The new drainage channels were laid in the same location as the previous channels and to the same line and levels.
Drainage channels are commonly used on flat sections of footpath to remove surface water and can be seen throughout the city.