COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 12, 2024

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

This council calls on the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) to support the painting of murals on their utility boxes in a similar fashion to the Dublin Canvas project.

REPORT: 

The Dublin Canvas Art Project is delivered for traffic light control boxes, which the local authority owns directly and can give permission to paint. We work in partnership with Dublin Canvas who are a small community street art project. As they are a small not for profit project, Dublin Canvas do not have the capacity to extend the programme beyond traffic light boxes in the Dublin region.

The ESB utility boxes are not owned by SDCC. Staff in the Environment section have been in contact with the ESB to review the Memorandum of Understanding that is in place. As part of this review, graffiti, enforcement, utility boxes and the possibility of the ESB supporting the painting of murals on their utility boxes should a similar project to that of the Dublin Canvas project be run, will be discussed.

Once the review has been completed and an updated Memorandum of Understanding is in place, a report will be brought back to the Area Committees for noting.