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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2021

QUESTION NO. 29

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive if part of our footpath repair/improvement programmes has a section that allows for wheelchair friendly footpath improvements to be considered separate to our footpath repair programme. The recent 'MakeWayDay' campaign helps highlights challenges many challenges and requests to repair paths for wheelchair users are constantly raise with the department. If the Chief Executive could confirm if we have/could have a separate footpath programme alongside the existing one.

REPLY:

The footpath repair programme does not make any distincion for repairs for wheelchair friendly footpaths. Any locations where improvement and maintenance works should be carried out for wheelchair accessible works should be send to the Senior Engineer for consideration and inclusion in the 2022 Programme.