COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive whether the delayed tender process for the Palmerstown Playground, first mentioned for April and delayed until May according to the report given at the last ACM, has now commenced, given that the playground must be open by the end of September to comply with the timescale under the "Have Your Say - 300k" process; to outline if SDCC is still confident this promise will be kept; and if a statement can be made on the matter?"

REPLY:

The Public Participatory Budget in Lucan in 2017 resulted in a proposed playground at Waterstown Park. Since the results were announced the council carried out a further intensive consultation process, that was extended at the request of elected members and the local community. The results of the intensive consultation process were interrogated to better inform the location for the playspace within the park and the preliminary design of same. The preliminary design process is now completed and the tender documents have been prepared and sent to tender. A tender process is now underway. The programme from now on in relation to construction will be subject to a successful tender process and agreement with the successful tender with regard to the programme for the works.