COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor E. Murphy

Cathaoirleachs Business

"That this Area Committee requests the Chief Executive presents a progress report on the Dodder Greenway project to the Area Committee."

REPORT:

Further to the work carried out by South Dublin County Council (SDCC) during 2017 to complete the environmental assessment for the Dodder Greenway Scheme (the Scheme) and subsequent approval of the Part 8 for the Scheme within the SDCC area, a Dodder Steering Group has been established. The Steering Group contains both elected members and technical staff across from the three Local Authorities which the Scheme passes through (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and SDCC). The Steering Group meets quarterly to review progress and support the delivery of the Scheme across the three Local Authorities.  The Steering Group have an important role to play in supporting the delivery of a high quality, coherent, legible, well maintained Scheme retaining continuity and ensuring the Greenway is both site specific and is 'best fit' for the areas which it passes through.

SDCC secured a funding allocation of €300,000 under the 2018 Sustainable Transport Measures Grants (STMG) grant allocations from the NTA for continued funding of the Scheme though detailed design stage and have procured and appointed design consultants to complete the detailed design for the Scheme with SDCC. As part of the detailed design a project implementation plan and construction phasing plan will be prepared to establish a road map for the delivery of the project on a phased basis. 

SDCC have also secured a funding allocation of €2.8million under the European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) for the funding the initial construction stage of the project. Current programme for delivery of the project indicates that upon completion of the detailed design in Q1 2019, SDCC will be in a position to go out to tender for the initial phase of construction works in Q2 2019.

DCC are currently progressing with the preliminary design of the Scheme within the DCC area.