COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, July 08, 2024
QUESTION NO.9
QUESTION: Councillor C. Brady
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the number of outstanding footpath repair requests recorded by the Council, broken down by electoral area. Report to include the process for inspection and prioritising of request, the number of requested defects which he expects will be repaired in 2024?
REPLY:
In 2024 Road Maintenance will spend over €2,900,000 in a footpath repair programme that incorporates 79 locations throughout the county. In addition to this figure our own direct labour crews will be repairing additional locations around the county that are not contained within the programme.
The footpath repair programme is compiled from
- Requests from elected representatives
- Requests from members of the public
- Works requirements identified by SDCC staff
Lists of locations requiring repair are compiled by the Area Engineers and Road Inspectors who will inspect any footpath repair requests received and action as per the below
- List the area for a scheme if the area has a number of defects
- List the location for repair by our direct labour crews if it is a one-off defect
- Repair immediately if a significant hazard is identified
- Report that no work is currently required
Locations that are listed for a scheme will go forward for consideration for inclusion on subsequent footpath renewal programmes.
We currently have approximately 215 locations listed for works across the county.
To date this year road maintenance have repaired over 20,000m2 of footpath. It is expected that by years end over 60,000m2 of footpath will have been repaired.