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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive to account for the relative lack of public litter bins in the North Clondalkin area, including on long pedestrian walkways, including Neilstown Road and Collinstown Road, if there are plans to install any new ones and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The provision of litter bins is carried out in accordance with the Litter Bin Installation Protocol as set out in the Litter Management Plan 2020-2022. The protocol sets out the basic principles for litter bin placement to provide consistency and appropriate coverage in all parts of the county.

Locations where requests for bins should receive priority for litter bin placements are:

• Town and village centres
• Vicinity of shops such as newsagents, food retailers, supermarkets
• Areas where people congregate e.g. bus stops, tram stops, post offices, public service buildings / offices
• Main routes to schools
• Larger parks greater than 16 hectares in size e.g. in the vicinity of playgrounds and dog runs

All sites considered suitable for bin placement are subject to capacity of the location to facilitate safe access for maintenance vehicles (side loader).

Locations that are not considered suitable for litter bins as they tend to attract dumping and vandalism are:

• Residential areas with no mixed usage, in particular cul-de-sac type developments, as they attract dumping of household waste around the litter bins
• Parks less than 16 hectares in size where located in residential areas, unless some demonstrable demand exists that cannot be met by bin placement on street

In managing this service, the Council is mindful of all costs when considering requests for new bins. These include not just the initial purchase and installation cost but must also have regard to the ongoing maintenance and servicing costs for each new bin.

Where a request is received for a new/replacement litter bin, each location will be assessed having regard to the criteria set out above, as well as the existing provision of litter bins nearby i.e. within 400m. It is neither desirable nor effective to simply provide litter bins on a request basis.

There are 10 bins on Neilstown Road, two of which have been provided privately. They are at the following locations:

1. Bus stop at Collinstown Park Community College
2. Front of Rowlagh Community Centre
3. Bus stop opposite Rowlagh Community Centre
4. 2 front of SuperValu shops (provided by shop)
5. Bus stop at Glenfield Estate
6. Junction of St Marks Avenue/Neilstown Road
7. Junction of St Ronans Avenue/Neilstown Road
8. Tower Credit Unit
9. Bus stop at St Peter Apostle School

Neilstown Road is well served with bins and there are no proposals to provided additional bins on this road.

There is a bin on Collinstown Road at the shops opposite Harelawn Park. It is proposed to install an additional three bins along this road. One will be located at the pedestrian entrance to Collinstown Park opposite Collinstown Park Community College. The other two will bins will be installed between this bin and the Neilstown Road roundabout.  The bins will be provided on a trial basis and will be retained subject to them not being abused, vandalised or used for the disposal of domestic waste.