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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor William Joseph Carey

"That this Committee acknowledges the disappointment of local residents of the incomplete nature of the boundary wall around St. Cuthbert's Park and requests that the Council outline detailed plans for the securing of the perimeter adjoining St. Cuthbert's Park with Lindisfarne and Melrose Estate. This committee further acknowledges the quality of workmanship of the stone wall that has so far been completed and commends those involved in the design and planning of the works to date."

REPORT:

The stone walls were completed as part of the Cuthbert's Meadow housing project, which is at the perimeter of the park. The stone walls have been extended beyond the immediate orbit of the housing project in order to achieve a community gain. The budget assigned by the Department of Housing Planning & Local Governmen to the Housing Project has been severely stretched by the costs incurred by extending walls to adjacent areas, though the effect is worthwhile. Stone walls have been omitted where the overhead ESB cable prohibits anything other than high concrete kerbs [possible arching from ESB cables], or where existing concrete kerbs have hedging. 

In effect, the available budget from the Housing Project has been maximised to an optimum.