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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

MOTION NO.4

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

That this Area Committe requests the Chief Executive to allocate 20 salt bins to the Clondalkin area as a matter of urgency.

REPORT:

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.