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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

That the Manager commits to adding the hill roads to the regular road sweeping schedule to deal with the litter problem in around that area.

 

REPORT:

A new road sweeping contract has been awarded to Oxigen Environmental Ltd, it was signed in December 2019 and commenced on 1 January 2020.  There is no provision within the new contract for sweeping of roads in hill areas, nor is there provision in the 2020 budget that would enable this to be added to the contract.  The matter however will be examined and discussed with the appointed contractor and the proposed additional work will be costed. 

It should be noted that the specification for road sweeping involves sweeping of roads against the kerb, sweeping of footpaths, cleaning of gullies and litter picking of adjacent green spaces.  The nature of roads in rural areas is such that there is no kerb, no gullies for the most part and no adjacent green spaces.  If these roads were to be added to the contract then the nature of the job required would likely involve sweeping of the road at a low frequency of possibly twice per year as well as litter picking of the adjacent grass verge and boundary hedges which can often act as a trap for litter.  It would also require the removal of illegally dumped items when these are encountered.