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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor Carly Bailey

That this committee requests that the manager please install a suitable disability friendly entrance from the carpark to the pitches at the 8 acres/Greentrees Park that will enable power chair/wheelchair access. It may make sense to install this close to the new gate (already agreed) that will be moved from the unsuitable location at the corner, into the carpark, at a midway point between Manortown Utd and Robert Emmets GAA pitches.

  

REPORT:

A commitment has been given to close the existing entrance at the corner of Limekiln Lane and Greentrees Park and to relocate this access for grass cutting machinery to the car park.  That work has not taken place as yet but will be done in due course.

The proposal here to provide wheelchair access into the park from the car park will be considered and accomodated when the work to the new entrance is being done.  The grass areas of the park itself are in general not accessible to wheelchairs and this may necessitate additional work in the park.  Once the full details of what is required are established a plan will be drafted, it will most likely be necessary to include these works in the draft improvement works programme for 2022.