COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

MOTION NO. 19

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That the Chief Executive reports on the long-standing delays with the installation of public lighting on the Paddocks Drive, Lucan and provides clarification, following the completion remedial groundworks, that this road will be prioritised so as to provide long-awaited relief to residents and reduce the risk of accidents - this motion to be forwarded on to ESB Networks for their direct response also.

REPORT:

SDCC electrical inspector has been monitoring this site at Paddocks Drive/Crescent on a regular basis. The site and associated Public Lighting is currently in the sole charge of the developer Kingscroft. Last year, the Taking in Charge Section was given a commitment by them to remedy the considerable list of snags that were noted by SDCC at that time in the lighting installation.

As of the 21st September, the snag list is now reaching the final stages of repair by Kingscroft’s electrical contractor, Airtricity.

On full completion of this work, Airtricity have been requested to contact our Public Lighting Section so that the initial site testing can commence. We expect this testing to be carried out next week.  Once these tests have been completed and certified by ourselves and Airtricity, the appropriate certification will then be forwarded to ESBN so that the live connection to their network can be made by them.

However, Kingscroft have not yet paid the standard fee that is required by ESBN for this connection work. We have been corresponding with them since at least July of this year to try and expedite this matter. As of today, Kingcroft have again been asked by the inspector to forward this payment.

Once the payment is made and the certification is sent and logged as received by the local area ESBN Office in Finglas, it will then be put on a works schedule by ESBN for connection.

P.L Section will at that point continue to expedite the matter with ESBN.