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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor Carly Bailey

To ask the Manager to consider installing a salt box for the Temple Manor and Wilkins Estate. Many of the roads and footpaths within the estate are in the shade which means that they stay frozen and icy for far longer than they should.

REPLY:

Following issues with compacted snow that was experienced by a number of estates during the second week of Dec we have carried out a review of our salt bin location criteria.

We will no longer be placing salt bins within individual estates but will be placing them at strategic locations around the county. These salt bins will be available to multiple estates and local amenities and will provide a better and broader level of service.

We are currently examining strategic locations bearing in mind

• Location of local community amenities such as shops and schools
• What roads are on our treatment routes
• Where other salt bins are located.

We will also use customer requests from the Dec weather event to locate areas that were identified as problematic.