Salt bins will be placed at ‘strategic locations’ in estates
SALT bins will no longer be placed in individual housing estates and will instead be installed in “strategic locations around the county”, according to South Dublin County Council.
The topic of salt bins in the county was raised by councillors at two recent meetings, namely the Tallaght and Lucan/Palmerstown /North Clondalkin Area Committee meetings.
This follows on from the compacted snowfall that occurred in early December, and led to calls from members of the public for more public salt bins to be placed around the county.
Last month, at the Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin Area Committee meeting, Fianna Fáil councillor Shane Moynihan asked for the details on the process of getting new salt bins placed.
At the Tallaght Area Committee meeting last month, Independent councillor Mick Duff tabled a motion about salt bins being placed on St Aongus Road, Castletymon Road entrance and Tymon North Road at the Scoil Iosa entrance.
A salt bin at a housing estate on Monastery Road
Cllr Duff highlighted that there are areas in his constituency that have steep access points to their homes, for example Tymon North Road and the hills at Tamarisk in Kilnamanagh.
The council issued the same response to both queries, confirming that it had recently carried out a review of its salt bin location criteria.
The local authority stated: “We will no longer be placing salt bins within individual estates but will be placing them at strategic locations around the county.
“These salt bins will be available to multiple estates and local amenities and will provide a better and broader level of service.”
Strategic locations will be examined with consideration being given to the location of local community amenities such as shops and schools.
Roads that are on the council’s treatment routes will also be considered, and the location of existing salt bins will also inform the decision around the placement of future salt bins.
“We will also use customer requests from the December weather event to locate areas that were identified as problematic,” added the council.
