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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, March 22, 2021

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor Baby Pereppadan

"To ask the Chief Executive about the possibility of extending Carrigmore Park, Citywest. As it is, the park is extremely crowded and many people visit the park every day. This problem will continue to worsen over summer as the pack will visit the park. Additionally, with the construction of the new apartments and housing properties nearby, the current size of the park and facilities available will not be able to entertain the increasingly large hordes of people gathering in the Park"

REPLY:

The Local Area Plan for Fortunestown shows a linked network of proposed parks including; District Parks, Neighbourhood Parks and Green Corridors. Part of the proposed park developments includes the extension of Carrigmore Park westwards slightly and its link to the planned wider Green Network. These proposed parks are on 3rd party private lands and the delivery of the parks and the proposed recreational facilities therein are subject to the development of those lands by private developers as the Council does not own the land. Of the proposed parks only Carrigmore Park has been completed as yet; though some of the other proposed parks, including a second District Park (as per the Local Area Plan), are under construction as part of planned and permitted developments. It is hoped they will be completed shortly to meet the demand in the area for open space and recreational facilities. During the Covid lockdown and we are finding all our parks are under increasing footfall pressure; it is envisaged that the proposed lifting of Level 5 restrictions after the current lockdown will ease the pressure on local parks and allow people to disperse further afield (subject to Covid advice from the government).