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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

MOTION NO.9

MOTION: Councillor M. Lynch

That the council undertakes urgent pruning of hedges, shrubs, brambles etc on the footpath and cycle lane on Ballyboden Way which is a main thoroughfare for school children and other pedestrians, and undertakes to conduct regular pruning to ensure that this infrastructure remain usable, before , during and after the Old Bawn Active Travel Scheme works.

REPORT:

Arrangements are being made to prune the bushes and hedges which line the cycle track on Ballyboden Way, from Templeroan Road to Ballyboden Road.  This work is scheduled to be done before the end of the year.  Arrangements are also being made to sweep and remove leaves from the road, footpaths and cycle lanes at this location.  This sweeping is due to be done in the coming days.  The pruning of the hedges and bushes at this location will be added to the annual hedge cutting programme and the sweeping of cycle lanes will be scheduled on a monthly basis, to ensure that the area is maintained to an acceptably high standard on an ongoing basis.