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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 25, 2019

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor L. Dunne

That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to give a report on the delay on the opening of the access gate in Saggart that was democratically agreed upon in previous Tallaght Area Committee meetings, after many discussions, reports and budget allocation for its opening.  

REPORT:

Following consideration of this matter over a period of time including consultation with local residents, the Tallaght Area Committee voted to proceed with this project at the meeting of this area committee in September 2018.  The Council's Public Realm Section subsequently examined the matter and established that an application for the construction of a new river crossing would have to be made to the OPW and that this would require the carrying out of a catchment flood risk assessment, and that a consultant engineering firm with appropriate experience of these matters would have to be engaged.  Regrettably a consultant has not been engaged as yet and the matter has not advanced since the vote of September 2018.

Following the review and changes to the local electoral area boundaries in advance of the 2019 local elections the estate of Springbank is now in the Clondalkin electoral area.  The issue regarding the proposed entrance from Springbank to Rathcoole Park was discussed under motion number 5 on the agenda of the Clondalkin area committee meeting which was held on October 16th.  At that meeting the Clondalkin members discussed the matter, were advised with regard to the recent history of the proposal and voted not to proceed with it.