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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive for a final timeframe for the construction of the Lucan Swimming Pool, as per the report due this month and to provide a guarantee that there will be no further significant delays, given that the pool is now going to be opened almost two years later than originally planned in the updated funding commitment secured by Councilllors and assisted by additional monies from central government?

REPLY:

The assessment of the main contractor’s stage 2 tender for the Lucan Swimming Pool has been completed and a main contractor has been identified. The assessment of the specialist contractors is due to be finalised in the coming days.

On completion of the above the full tender report will be submitted to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for approval to proceed with the appointment of the contractors to move the project on to the construction phase. The Council will request that this approval be expedited in order to enable the contract to be signed in December 2018 in order for the project build to commence in January 2019.

It is envisaged that the project will take 24 months to complete; the programme for the build will be confirmed upon the signing of the contract.