an end to speeding construction machines to and from rear green Date: January 15, 2009 07:36PM |
There is a Dail by election coming up very soon and the June county Councillers election: this can help the return of the the green space at Sandyford Hall Rise
Why should Sandyford Hall residents have a green space normally used by children every day now fenced off and used by construction machines as a delivery point for a large road project.
The water pipes were laid months ago under this green at the back of the estate as expected after the area was fenced off in September 2008. However now there is no action to restore the green and instead it has become a storage facility.
Now a residential cul de sac of 280 homes has heavy trucks and dumper trucks speeding in and out of it as the pipe laying proceeds metre by metre to the Sandyford Industrial estate, five kilometres away.
This unnecessary construction traffic is making younger children in this estate prisoners in their own homes and increasing the road safety dangers for the ones going to and from the local Centra. There are many better locations along the road works route for dropping road works materials where children do not play. (muddy car park green on Murphystown rd., or area around future Luas station on Murphstown Rd.,)
The area where the green meets Belarmine can be fenced off and accessed from Belarmine for future work.
Should not the day to day health, safety and wellbeing of the children living around this green space be a higher priority for the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown project team concerned.
Are Sandyford Hall voters being taken seriously or regarded as a soft touch. Your vote is the the equal of any other voters. In the past 2 to 5 votes have decided an outcome.
This estate has an unusually high number of youngsters around age 7 whose development is greatly helped by playing within view of their homes.
Why not play your part in local democracy and write to each representative listed on this website and ask them to represent your position on this easily avoidable situation to the County Manager, Mr. Owen Keegan
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