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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

QUESTION NO.1

QUESTION: Councillor C. Brady

To ask the Manager to arrange for lights to be turned on for young people using the skate park at Lucan Leisure Centre, Griffeen Park. Young people report that they cannot use the park in the evenings because the lights are not switched on. This limits their access hours during the winter months and also makes the area unsafe. Lighting that comes on at dusk means young people have access to this amenity and can continue to make use of the facility as the nights grow darker.

REPLY:

The power supply to the lights in the skate park is fed from the leisure centre.  Following an upgrade of the distribution board in the leisure centre the supply to the skate park was found to be unsafe.  The supply to the skate park was shut off pending repair.  In the interim a lighting contractor was engaged to provide a sustainable solution to allow the lights to turn off sequentially over a short period of time.  This in turn would remove the requirement to have CCTV in place.  The lights will also be upgraded to low energy fittings as part of the work.  We are currently awaiting a quote from the contractor for the light upgrade works.