Council to spend €30k on drainage works

SOUTH DUBLIN County Council has allocated €30,000 for drainage works at the Mount Andrew open space in Lucan.

The news was revealed in a reply to a question tabled at this week’s Lucan Area committee meeting of SDCC by Councillor William Lavelle.

Cllr Lavelle asked the Chief Executive “for a further update on plans for drainage works at Ballyowen Lane which would support the drainage from the area of Hermitage Park next to Mount Andrew as previously requested at meetings between Esker Celtic FC and this Council.”

The Council replied that the Drainage Operations Section has found parts of an existing drainage system on Ballyowen Lane at the end of last year and are hopeful that with repair this can be used to provide the connection from the edge of the Park to the surface water sewer on Larkfield Avenue.

The Council added: “A sum of €30,000 has been included in the 2017 Public Realm Improvement Works Programme to undertake drainage works on the pitch at Mount Andrew open space. The Improvement Works Programme is being presented at todays meeting”.