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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 08, 2021

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor Carly Bailey

To ask the Chief Executive whether there is a strategy in place in regards to management of the destruction of grass verges due to illegal parking? Are damaged verges inspected regularly and by whom? How are damaged verges repaired? What is the strategy to prevent illegal parking on grass verges that are repeatedly destroyed? It is clear that prevention will work better than enforcement. Can strategies be put in place if there is no set policy to deter this destruction, such as tree planting?

REPLY:

The Council's Parking Bye Laws are currently being reviewed and parking enforcement wardens enforce parking where it is not in line with the adopted Bye Laws. Where parking is taking place on grass verges the Council does not currently actively take enforcement action on these. If there are examples and locations where there is persistent parking on grass verges then please advise the Council and the Gardai and we can determine is specific local measures could be introeduced. There is no regime for inspecting grass verges in the county. Verges are repaired by Road Maintenance as they carry out footpath repair works. Tree planting is looked after by the Public Realm Department. If there are particular locations where grass verges are damaged then please notify the Council of this and we can inspect it and determine what repairs work are needed.