COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 20

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

That the Chief Executive provide a report on the defect lights that have been reported in the Lucan area, whereby many lights have turned blue and to include how this has happened, are they damaging to the environment and if it's reported in other areas. To explain why it taken so long to have them repaired/replaced.

REPORT:

Since this issue was brought to our attention we have engaged with the manufacturer of the faulty lanterns. These lanterns are under warranty and we have now agreed a process with the manufacturer for their removal and replacement.

Whilst they are not as comfortable to our eyes, they are no brighter than the warm white colour and as such are not causing any environmental damage.

This issue has been reported in other areas of SDCC and in other LA areas where this particular model lantern has been used.  

We have also modified our Asset Management System to add a specific defect description for this type of fault. This allows the night-time scout to identify and report the blue-shifted lanterns for replacement, without relying on resident reports as we have until now. The above modification unfortunately took a number of weeks to set up but this should speed up the process of reporting and replacement.

To date we have had reports of 180 blue shifted lanterns in the whole county and 145 have been replaced to date. The replacement programme is ongoing.