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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy

"To ask the Chief Executive to please provide a detailed update on the Public Realm programme of works for 2018 including the progress to date on each of the projects?

REPLY:

The following is the list of works proposed and agreed for the Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure area in 2018. Most of the works have been completed as noted below.  Four of the schemes involve tarmacadam surfacing by an external contractor.  The stone sub-base on these schemes has been prepared and completed by Public Realm staff, an order has been placed for the surfacing works and the contractor is due to return to complete these surfacing works at the start of January 2019.

  1. Install new railing at Ellensborough Lawn on top of existing front boundary wall - completed.
  2. Automate gate at entrance to Tymon Park at Rushbrook/Osprey – completed but not yet commissioned, to be done at the start of January 2019.
  3. Construct new footpath around perimeter of Dolly’s field, Moyville Estate – sub base construction completed, tarmac surfacing to be completed in January 2019.
  4. Carry out improvements to tennis and basketball courts at Beechfield Park – tennis courts prepared for tarmac repairs in January 2019, basketball court to be reinstated and marked early in 2019.
  5. Plant boundary hedging along the cycleway/walkway from Park Avenue to Grange Manor Estate to screen the boundary wall – planting to take place in January/February 2019.
  6. Construct new footpath to create loop walk around Knocklyon Park – sub base construction completed, tarmac surfacing to be completed in January 2019.
  7. Install public lighting scheme along pathway from Wellington Lane to Glendown Estate  - completed.
  8. Carry out improvements to Tymon Park dog run, including provision of drainage and new entrance - drainage works and new gate completed, other works to be carried out early in 2019.
  9. Overlay the footpath from Wainsfort Manor Crescent to Wainsfort Manor Green – sub base construction completed and tarmac surfacing to be completed in January 2019.