CLLR PADDY COSGRAVE

Ballyroan Library

South Dublin County Council has officially received funding approval from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to proceed to the detailed design and tender stage of the Ballyroan Library refurbishment project. The provisional timeline for the project anticipates that builders will be on site in the Summer of 2011 with a completion date of Autumn 2012. During the build replacement library services will be offered to the local communities through Whitechurch Library, mobile libraries and if required, additional local venues.

The new Ballyroan Library will be built in the most cost effective manner in order to unlock and transform the space to facilitate delivery of a vibrant, 21^st century, flexible community facility. The new building will be 1434 sq metres (15,435 square feet) in size.

 The vision for the new Ballyroan Library provides for an open, inclusive public place for people to gather, learn, share ideas with each other, and experience the best in contemporary literature, information access and culture.  The content will be as broad a possible – books, reference material, arts, local history, family learning, museum exhibits, film, music and events; offering something for all ages and interests alongside state of the art ICT technologies. In addition customers will be offered express-lending facilities, family-friendly spaces (including baby-changing), art/literary events, storytelling and much more.

 

Ballyroan/Butterfield February update

I would like to thank everyone who contacted me since my last update. If you have any queries or issues you would like me to raise at the county council feel free to contact me at the numbers below.

 The Arboricultural Programme for Ballyroan area in 2012 will commence in two phases January 2012 to March 2012 ,November 2012 to December 2012 The Programme will again be focused on tree maintenance works, in order to make best use of the available resources. As the focus of the programme is primarily on tree pruning and removals, new planting is only being considered in a very limited number of circumstances, e.g. National Tree Week 2012.  Tree maintenance works include: A programme of removal of low hanging branches and epocormic growth from street trees will commence at Orchardstown Drive

Rear of 65 Glenbrook Park		Pruning
Rear of 215 Ballyroan Road		Pruning
Silverwood Road	Opp. 31 Silverwood Road		Removal
Willowbank Park	13 & 25/27 Willowbank Park		Removal
Marian Crescent	31 Marian Crescent		Removal
Butterfield Park	94 Butterfield Park		Removal
Ballyroan Crescent	side of 32/34 Ballyroan Crescent		Pruning

I wish to draw to your attention the possibility of some tree planting being carried out, but it has to be requested through a Residents Association.  The Council will supply a RA with the name of a grower and a list of trees available for planting.  The RA must remit the money for the tree/s to the grower, who in turn will inform the Council during the growing season and deliver the trees to the Council for planting.  Tress cost in the region of 40-50 Euro.

 

Cathaoirleach's Business  Councillor P. Cosgrave Motions & Questions with replies:

"To ask the Manager to give a report on the speed ramps on Marian Road. The ramps are in need of renewal. At the recent A.G.M. of the Butterfield District Residents Association a request was made for their complete removal. Could the association be contacted to discuss the problem?

In 2006 following extensive public consultation the Council installed traffic calming measures in the Butterfield area of Rathfarnham.  This scheme included the installation of a number of traffic calming ramps on Marian Road.  These measures were provided to combat the issue of speeding in the area. 

Temporary repairs have been carried out on the Marian Road ramps.  However, the renewal of the ramps have been included on the Area Engineer's programme for 2012.  

"That the Manager agrees to the request from the Butterfield and district residents’ association to have more bollards placed on the green area at the entrance to Rosemount Shopping center. The residents are willing to pay for cost of the bollards."

The bollards have been ordered for this location and will be installed on delivery.

"To ask the Manager to write a letter to Dublin Bus to request that a seat be installed to the Bus shelter at the city bound end of the Firhouse Road at the junction of Ballyroan Road and Old Bridge Road?"

When the question is approved the matter will be referred to Bus Atha Cliath and when a reply is received the Committee will be informed.

Complaint made to Greyhound regarding Bin collections

Please note phone contact below.

Good morning Councillor Cosgrave,

 Thank you for your email. Please note that we changed the collection calendar at the beginning of January 2012 and sent out calendars to all our customers in December. We are sorry to hear that you did not receive one. The collection day for your area is on a Monday. Black and brown bin are on the same Monday and the green bin is the opposite Monday. I have attached a calendar so you can keep up to date with future collections. The calendar is also available online on the Greyhound website.

 Our records show that we collected a normal level of green bins in your area recently so we assume that most people are aware of the new schedule, however if anyone would like us to send them another one they can contact is and we will do so.

Kind regards Klaire McPetrie Customer Care Supervisor

 Crag Avenue, Clondalkin Industrial Estate, Clondalkin, D22

 Main Ph           1890 929 333 (01 461 2896)