COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

MOTION NO.10

MOTION: Councillor J. Sinnott

That the manager includes the cleaning of laneways in D12 in the next schedule (weeds, paths) and for the lanes to be added to a regular schedule going forward.

REPORT:

Provision has been made in the 2024 budget for a laneway cleaning programme and arrangements are being made to put this in place commencing from January.  A number of laneways will be cleaned before the end of the year on a trial basis to establish the level of staff and machinery resources required across the 70 or so locations, all of which are different in terms of the issues to be resolved.  In some cases laneways are already relatively clean whereas others have a heavy build up of weeds which need to be removed.  It is proposed to carry out the work in 3 phases with large illegally dumped items to be removed first and the laneway will then be swept to remove all leaves, weeds and other small litter.  Following this the laneway will be treated with herbicide to control future weed growth.

The full list of Dublin 12 laneways to be included in the programme is attached in a separate document.  The elected members will be kept informed as the programme progresses throughout the course of the year with before and after photographs made available of all laneways as they are cleaned.