Uisce Éireann to meet with traders association to discuss plans for village

Uisce Éireann are expected to meet with the Rathfarnham Traders Association members and local councillors to discuss their plans for the Village.

Ireland’s national water utility is expected to meet with delegates from the local Traders Association in Rathfarnham and local councillors in the area to inform them how they plan to carry out the upcoming works involving a new watermain set to impact the village.

Uisce Éireann had met with the Senior Engineer for Roads Maintenance at South Dublin County Council, Gary Walsh last Monday, who stressed to them the importance of speeding up their delivery programme.

He noted that the possibility of an April start date cannot be confirmed but that the upcoming meeting will allow councillors to learn as much as possible from those carrying out the works.

Mr Walsh noted that the council hopes to attend the meeting as well to ensure that “we are all hearing the same thing.”

Councillor Yvonne Collins welcomed the possibility of an April start date and noted the necessity of the general public to be informed of the process and remain informed throughout.

Cllr Collins said: “There’s a number of concerns as you can imagine locally because we have people who live on the Main Street in the village.

“So, we have the residents, we have the traders, we have members of the general public who are in and out of the village on a regular basis.

“There’s a crèche, there’s all sorts of businesses there including my own. At this point, given that it appears that it’s going to be significant works that are going to take place, it is important that we know when they’re going to start, how long they’re going to last and what will be done to alleviate the effects.”

Cllr Collins also called for repairs to be carried out on Main Street in Rathfarnham after the completion of other works by the national water utility.

She described a pair of steel covers that were fixed recently that left “a lip”in the sidewalk the way they were set down and may cause a “trip hazard” as a result for pedestrians.

The Rathfarnham councillor was concerned that people may “fall through it” as they walk over it on a daily basis or that a car could as well, given that they tend to park on that pavement.

She called for the identical cover beside it to receive the same attention and was told by the work crew who fixed the previous one when they were carrying out that order that the second repair would fall under “a different work order” which would take “at least four weeks.”

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