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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy

To ask the Council for a report on the maintenance of the laneways between Woodlawn Park Drive and Avenue and to detail the schedule for grass cutting, general maintenance, litter picking and tree pruning along the area.

REPLY:

Grass cutting is carried out at a frequency of once every two weeks during the grass growing season, prior to cutting the grass Public Realm Operations staff will litter pick the grass areas to ensure they are clean before cutting commences.

At the end of the growing season in 2022 Public Realm staff removed briars and undergrowth beneath the trees along the path between house numbers 30 and 87 Woodlawn Park. Tree suckers at the base of the trees were also removed to aid visibility in the laneway. The Council has conducted tree pruning in the area earlier this year, and further tree maintenance works were undertaken following Storm Betty.

As part of the 2022 Public Realm Improvement Works Programme the Council upgraded the footpath surface in the laneway.  In 2022 a tree trail was installed at this location and this has enhanced the local area and increased the local awareness of trees and their importance.