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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the current tree pruning program. This update will include all work that that taken place so far and a time frame on all remaining work to be complete?"

REPLY:

The Council's 3-year Tree Maintenance Programme 2017-2019 is available on the Council's website www.sdcc.ie and regular updates are provided.

In addition, in advance of commencing a planned programme of works within a location, a detailed listing of the proposed works is made available for public view on the Tree Maintenance pages of the Council's website.

Since January 1, 2018, tree maintenance works have been completed on all trees that were identified as requiring maintenance in the following locations:

Ardeevin estate including Ardeevin Avenue, Ardeevin Drive & Ardeevin Court; Culmore Road; Esker Lane; Hermitage estate including Hermitage Road, Hermitage Gardens, Hermitage Valley, Hermitage Manor, Hermitage Place, Hermitage Crescent, Hermitage Green & Hermitage Way; Kew Park; Palmerstown Avenue & Palmerstown Court, Woodview Heights, Woodville estate including Woodville Lawn, Woodville Close, Woodville Grove, Woodville Avenue, Walk.

Locations on the Tree Maintenance Programme scheduled for completion by 2018 year end include the following:

Hillcrest estate.

Locations scheduled for survey before year end to inform programming works:

Wheatfield Road, Palmerstown Woods, Palmerstown Lawn, Palmerstown Close, Palmerstown Green.

The Tree Maintenance Programme for 2019, which will include some estates to be carried over from the 2018 schedule, is as follows:

Ballydowd Grove, Beechpark, Bewley (open space),  Cannonbrook, Cluain Ri, Colthurst, Edmondsbury Court, Foxborough Road & Avenue, Lucan Heights, Lucan village, Oakcourt, Palmerstown Drive, Roselawn, St Andrews / The Fairways, Sarsfield Park (mature trees), Weston & Whitethorn estates.