COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, February 26, 2024

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor L. Whelan

"To ask the management if an appropriate fencing or barrier can be erected around the field in Árd Mór (pictures attached). This field is routinely occupied by local kids playing sports. The lack of barrier creates dangers as kids can easily access the road, cars could easily swerve onto the field, and when young people are playing, the ball can easily go onto the road. Parents should feel their kids are safe in the estate and this would improve the safety around the area?"

REPLY:

The Council in general does not fence off estate open spaces in the manner requested here.  The boundary of the open space is approximately 300 metres long, an estimate of cost to install a railing around the area including the provision of pedestrian accesses and an access for grass cutting machinery is approximately €75,000 and this has not been provided for in the public realm improvement works programme for the current year.   Such a railing if one was to be installed is likely to present a number of potential issues including the maintenance of the area underneath the railing itself.  The Public Realm Section has no plans at the present time to install a railing around this open space.