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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, February 22, 2021

HEADED ITEM NO.9

HEADED ITEM: L. Magee

2020 Tree Maintenance update

REPLY:

Tree Maintenance Report for Tallaght area - 2020

Tree work completed in 2020 includes

• Pruned       3907
• Removed     706      
• Planted      1705
• Surveyed   4884

Covid restrictions impacted tree work as staff were directed to cleansing and grass cutting during the months of March, April and May 2020. However the combined efforts of Council staff and contractors ensured that the annual target of 4,000 trees to be pruned or removed was well achieved by year end.

The following table outlines the tree maintenance in the Tallaght area - where tree maintenance has taken place in 2020   - 8 locations. In addition, tree maintenance took place in parks – Tymon Park and Bancroft Park

Birchwood Close, Drive & Heights

Carrigmore Park

Church Grove

Drumcairn

Fernwood Estate

Heatherview Estate

Killtipper Avenue, Drive & Close

Pineview Drive, Grove, Lawn & Rise

Planned works in 2021

The following outlines the proposed 2021 programme prioritising the locations carried forward from previous programmes. Whilst the current Covid restrictions will again impact on tree work, as soon as restrictions ease,  work will commence again.

Ard Macha

Cill Cais

Old Bawn Avenue

Tymon Close, Crescent, Grove & Lawn

Watermill Close, Grove & Lawn

Dunmore – work in progress

Tymon North

Castle Park

Forest Estate

Homelawn Estate