COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
MOTION NO. 2
MOTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins
That the Chief Executive put in place an annual programme to comprehensively clear and clean the laneways in the residential areas of Greenhills and to put in place effective measures to guard against illegal dumping.
REPORT:
Below is the report submitted to the Tallaght Area Committee in June 2013 on this matter, before the laneway cleaning programme commenced in July of that year. This cleaning programme is still in operation. During the period from 2014 to 2016 this cleaning programme was carried out by staff assigned to the Council's Roads Dept on the Gateway job activation scheme. These duties transferred back to the Public Realm Section after the winding down of the Gateway scheme. A recent inspection of the laneways in question found that while they are mostly clean the treatment and removal of weeds is required in many locations. This work will be carried out in the coming months. In some locations there is a problem with illegal dumping/disposal of waste some of which may have been carried out by local residents themselves. The litter warden section has been informed of this and asked to examine the matter.
'The laneways and pedestrian pathways proposed for inclusion in this pilot laneway cleaning schedule are as set out below. It is proposed that maintenance work to be carried out will include litter removal, removal of fly-tipped waste and the removal or spraying of weeds as required. Clean ups will be scheduled to take place on a twice yearly basis with one of these due to take place between July 1st and December 31st. Details of the pilot cleaning programme will be added to the maintenace schedule and will be available to the public on the Council's website in due course. '
| LOCATION OF LANEWAY/PED WALKWAY IN DUBLIN 12 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 188-270 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-186A |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 272-308 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 310-324 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 326-354 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 229-247 |
| ST JAMES ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 289-249 |
| ST BRENDANS CRESCENT - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-98 |
| ST BRENDANS CRESCENT - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-123 |
| ST COLUMBAS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-86 |
| ST KILLIANS AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2A - 14 |
| ST KILLIANS AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-43 |
| ST ANTHONYS CRESCENT - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-46 |
| ST ANTHONYS CRESCENT - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 65-97 |
| ST MALACHYS DRIVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-50 |
| ST MALACHYS DRIVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-56 |
| ST JOSEPHS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 14-44 |
| ST JOSEPHS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 64-104 |
| ST PETERS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 90-238 |
| ST CONLETHS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2 - 88 |
| ST PATRICKS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 10 -102 |
| ST PETERS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-107 |
| LANE BESIDE ESB ST. AND 107 ST.PETERS RD |
| ST PETERS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 109-125 |
| ST PETERS ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2-88 |
| ST PETERS DRIVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-33B |
| ST PETERS DRIVE - LANE OPPOSITE NO 19 CONNECTS TO LIMEKILN GROVE |
| ST PETERS CRESCENT - LANE AT REAR TO NOS 2 - 72 |
| CHERRYFIELD RD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 12 - 184 |
| CHERRYFIELD DR - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 25 - 42 |
| CHERRYFIELD AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 4 - 56 |
| CHERRYFIELD AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 15 - 69 |
| CROMWELLSFORT RD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 80 - 122 |
| CROMWELLSFORT RD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 124 - 158 (portion not in charge) |
| LANE - BEECHFIELD RD TO WHITEHALL RD WEST |
| LANE - BEECHFIELD RD TO WHITEHALL RD WEST |
| BEECHFIELD CLOSE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1 - 21 |
| CROMWELLSFORT RD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 18 - 78 (not in charge) |
| LBEECHFIELD ROAD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 62 -91 |
| HILLSBROOK GROVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 27 -38 |
| HILLSBROOK AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 2 - 72 |
| ROCKFIELD AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 137 - 147 |
| ROCKFIELD AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 121 - 131 |
| MUCKROSS GREEN - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1 -14 (WITH BRANCH TO HILLSBROOK DRIVE) |
| MUCKROSS AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NO 44 (SHOPS) |
| MUCKROSS AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 73 - 8 (WITH BRANCH MUCKROSS GROVE NOS 11 - 18) |
| MUCKROSS AVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 81 - 103 (WITH BRANCH MUCKROSS GREEN NOS 46 - 36) |
| MUCKROSS GREEN - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 19 - 32 |
| MUCKROSS PARK - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 5 - 28 (WITH BRANCH TO HILLSBROOK DRIVE) |
| WHITEHALL RD WEST - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 110 - 144 (WITH BRANCH TO MUCKROSS GROVE) |
| WHITEHALL RD WEST - LANE AT REAR OF NOS 144 - 106 |
| ST FINBARS CLOSE - LANE AT REAR OF NOS 1-29 |
| ST MELS AVE - LANE AT REAR OF NOS 1-21 |
| ST MELS AVE - LANE AT REAR OF NOS 2-16 |
| ST FINBARS CLOSE - LANE BESIDE NO 29 |
| ST FINBARS CLOSE - LANE BESIDE NO 26 (+ BESIDE NO 21 ST MELS AVE) |
| KAEDEEN PED WALKWAY (connecting Kaedeen Ave to St Mels Ave) |
| ST BRIDGETS DRIVE - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1-10 |
| PED WAY HILLSBROOK CRESCENT TO MUCKCROSS CRES |
| WHITEHALL RD WEST - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 86 - 98 |
| WHITEHALL RD WEST - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 10 -34 |
| LIME LANE |
| MOUNTDOWN RD - LANE TO REAR OF NOS 15 -25 |
| PED WAY WAINSFORT RD&DR/WAINSFORT PK&GROVE |
| PED WAY FORTFIELD GROVE / COLLEGE DR |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO SIDE OF NO |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO SIDE OF NO |
| LIMEKILN RD - PED LANE TO THE REAR OF NOS 171 - 189 |
| LIMEKILN RD - PED LANE TO THE REAR OF NOS 145 - 163 |
| LIMEKILN RD - PED LANE TO THE REAR OF NOS 121 - 137 |
| LIMEKILN RD -PED LANE TO THE SIDE OF NO 105 |
| LIMEKILN RD - PED LANE TO THE REAR OF NOS 107 - 117 |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO REAR OF NOS 120 - 130 |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO REAR OF NOS 133 -137 |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO REAR OF NOS 141 - 144 |
| LIMEKILN GREEN - PED LANE TO REAR OF NOS 1 - 34 |
| OLD TYMON LANE (Across from Topaz Station - Greenhills Road) |
| GREENHILLS ROAD (SERVICE ROAD) |
As part of the Council's commitment to deliver on the objectives of the Corporate Plan and Litter Management Plan, there has been an increased targeted focus on known litter generator areas. Similarly, there has been a raised visibility of our Warden Service through branded vehicles, and a number of structured routes have been identified for continuous patrol, as well as ad hoc patrols and investigations as required.
All incidents of illegal dumping reported or detected are searched for evidence of polluter details. Appropriate enforcement action is taken where the information of the polluter is identified. The matter is then referred to the Public Realm for removal of dumped material. Increasingly, it is found that no personal information relating to polluters is contained within the dumped material, with personal information having been removed or shredded
As always, the Council is grateful for assistance and support from local residents or others in their investigations of such incidents as they arise. In the absence of substantive evidence / witness statements and the presence of such witnesses in court it is not possible for us to bring successful prosecutions. Residents may also report illegal dumping to the Environmental Protection Agency's anti-dumping hotline on 1850 365121.