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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, February 09, 2021
MOTION NO. 12
MOTION: Councillor David McManus
That this Area Committee requests that a public wall is built higher to prevent access to the Owendoher River on Ballyboden Road near the Fairbrook House properties. Anti social behaviour and littering is occuring on the riverbank as young kids are gaining access over a small wall and using the river in a dangerous way for jumping or diving. I have attached a photo of the precise location.
REPORT:
The Area Engineer has inspected this location.
If the height of the wall is increased this would represent modification to the existing and could cause further problems
- It would not prevent access to the river but if a child fell from a higher wall the injury would be more serious.
- Change the heritage value of the existing masonry wall.