Notice of Motions in the name of Cllr Sinead Guckian
I will ask the Senior Executive Engineer what is the up to date status for the provision of public lighting on the N4 at the junctions to the villages of Drumsna and Jamestown. Over the past years I have raised this issue and requested that the NRA’s (now the TII’s) policy of treating these locations as rural areas would be challenged by the executive and this has received support from members. Further consideration should be given to the provision of public lighting by the TII, as both junctions are entrances to villages.
REPLY FROM THE SENIOR ENGINEER:
This matter was raised with the TII again in 2015. There policy is that they will only consider providing public lighting at rural junctions where there is a history of accidents at night time and where the provision of public lighting will improve the situation.
RESPONDING TO THE REPLY
Cllr Sinead Guckian requested the support of members, in her proposal that this treatment of both junctions as “being rural junctions” would once again be challenged with the NRA/ TII. She outlined that it was not acceptable that previously the NRA had introduced large 8×8 signage in the village of Drumsna, saying that it was part of an N4 junction and now they were saying it was a rural junction. She said on the previous occasion the Tidy towns committee had successfully challenged the NRA on their inappropriate large signage being a visible eye sore and unnecessary in the village and they were removed, but it now made no sense that the NRA/TII were refusing to acknowledge the proximity of the village to the N4. Cllr Sinead Guckian welcomed the support of all members and requested that the matter was treated with urgency.
Notice of Motions in the name of Cllr Sinead Guckian
I will ask the Director of Services what action has taken place, to date, to address the derelict industrial site at Corrascoffey. In March 2015, following my motion, members were advised that the Council would continue to find a resolution to this site and would be considering the issue of a notice under section 11 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 on the registered owner.
REPLY FROM THE SENIOR ENGINEER
The Council has issued the registered owner of the property with notices under section 3 (dangerous structures) of the Local Government(Sanitary Services) Act, 1964, and sections 8 (intention to recorded in Derelict sites Register) and 11 (requiring works to remove dereliction) of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990. Unfortunately the registered owner has not complied with the terms of the notices, requiring works to render the property safe and address its derelict state. In light of the non-compliance with the notices we are now reviewing the matter before determining an appropriate course of action.
