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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

MOTION NO.13

MOTION: Councillor A. Hayes

That the laneways in Palmerstown be included in the road sweeping schedule undertaken by Oxigen in behalf of SDCC.

REPORT:

The Council's Road Sweeping Programme which is provided under contract by Oxigen Environmental Ltd focuses on the high priority areas of town and village centres, main roads and housing estates with sweeping provided at a frequency of monthly for urban centres and main roads and quarterly for housing estates.  In addition to this segregated cycle tracks are now being swept monthly using a 'microsweeper'.  It is not possible to add the Palmerstown laneways to either the monthly or quarterly sweeping schedule, the Council has however committed to providing a laneway cleaning service in the Palmerstown area and in this regard a cleaning programme is currently being drawn up and will be notified to the local elected members in the near future.  The laneway cleaning programme will give details of laneways to be included on the programme as well as when they are scheduled to be cleaned.  The cleaning work will include removal of dumped items, sweeping of the laneway where possible, removal of weeds and treatment for further weed growth.