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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

That this Area Committee, noting the response to item 58945 at the June area committee meeting can the manager please investigate the viability of replacing the telephone boxes in Lucan village with a public fountain.

REPORT: For reference, the report made for Motion No. 24 in June was as follows:

That this Area Committee ask the Chief Executive to consider better use of the area in Lucan village currently occupied by telephone boxes which are rarely if ever used."

REPORT:

Contact will be made with Eir and request that they remove the existing phone boxes opposite the Centra shop. However the removals will be at their discretion.

One suggestion and with consultation from Public Realm, the space could be used for a Big Belly solar powered compactor bin. Other suggestions could be sought from the Tidy Towns Committee.

 Shortly after the ACM. contact was made with Eir regarding the removal of the phone boxes and permission was granted. However, the decommissioning, which must be carried out by Eir prior to removal, has been delayed pending the outcome of discussions nationally between Eir and ComReg regarding the Universal Service Obligation.

Regarding the replacement of the phone boxes, we have been pursuing the matter of the Big Belly solar powered compactor bin with Public Realm. A question was raised at the recent November Council Meeting on the matter and the response by Public Realm was as follows:

'The Solar Bin Pilot (agreed for Rathfarnham) is about to commence, a formal procurement process has now concluded and any decision for further roll out of Solar Bins will be determined on the outcome of the Rathfarnham pilot.'

The alternative suggestion of a fountain at this location would be regarded as potentially problematic, with littering issues, maintenance etc all having to be considered.