Seven Weeks Without a Lift Service

After seven weeks of industrial dispute, Cllr. John Lyons calls on Dublin City Council to request the assistance of the Irish Army to intervene until the issue is resolved.

Important Notice - Disruption of Water Supply

Tuesday 23rd March 2010


Dublin City Council advises that due to essential works there will be disruption to water supply resulting in no water or a reduction in service on Tuesday 23rd March in the following areas:

From Cappagh Cross to Ratoath Road to Ballymun Road.
From Ballymun to Dundaniel Road.
From Glasnevin Avenue to the Old Finglas road
Including Pelletstown, Finglas West, Finglas south, Ballycoolin Road, Glasnevin Avenue, Glasanon, Santry, parts of Ballymun, Swords road, Coolock lane and areas surrounding the above locations.


Dublin City Council are providing a number of mobile tankers in the area and also two stationary water tankers at the following locations:

Shopping centre, Finglas Rd
Shopping centre, Omni Park, Swords Rd

Dublin City Council apologises for the inconvenience caused. With your co-operation and understanding we hope to keep the disruption to a minimum.


Please ensure that all taps are left in shut position.

For further information:

01-2224220 (normal working)
01-6796186 (After Hours)

www.dublincity.ie

Almost Six Weeks Without a Lift Service

In three days time, it will be six weeks since the residents of the Ballymun Flats will have been without a proper lift service. It is safe to say, that little or no progress has been made between Dublin City Council and Pickerings (The company who's internal dispute has led to no lift service). In the mean time, people continue to be left stranded on a daily basis.

Families Still Without a Lift Service in Ballymun

Ballymun residents are still without a lift service. DCC have given the contractor two weeks notice to resume their contract, otherwise a new provider will be found. In the mean time, 100's of families are left to struggle on a daily basis.

Interesting Facts about 30kph zones

Scientific evaluations of 20 mph zones in the UK that have demonstrated significant benefits in terms of reduced casualties, especially among vulnerable groups such as children. In 1996, the Transport Research Laboratory reviewed 20 mph zones in Great Britain (cited in the review by Grundy et al, 2008).

The uncontrolled study included 72 such schemes and used five years of before data and at least 1 year of after data (the average was 30 months). The researchers found that overall collision rates decreased 61%, pedestrian collision rates decreased 63%, child pedestrian collision rates decreased 70% and overall child casualty rates decreased 67%.

Grundy and colleagues (2008) also cite an evaluation of 20 mph schemes in Kingston upon Hull (population c. 250,000). Hull has extensive 20 mph zones, covering 25% of its roads in 2003. An uncontrolled before and after study found remarkable declines in casualties. Overall, Hull’s road casualties decreased 14% from 1994-2001.

Comparatively, road traffic casualties increased 1.5% over the same time period in the nearby areas of Yorkshire and Humberside. In the 20 mph zones, total collisions decreased 56%, the numbers killed or seriously injured decreased 90%, pedestrian casualties decreased 54%, child casualties decreased 64% and child pedestrian casualties decreased 74%.

In December 2009 the British Medical Journal published a study of the effect of introducing 20 mph zones on road collisions, injuries and fatalities in London, based on analysis of geographically-coded police road casualty data collected over twenty years (Grundy et al, 2009). Overall, the introduction of 20 mph zones was associated with a 41.9% reduction in road casualties, after allowing for underlying time-trends.

The percentage reduction was greatest in younger children, and was greater for people killed or seriously injured in collisions. Pedestrian injuries were reduced by a third with a greater reduction in children aged 0-15 years. The reduction was smaller in cycling casualties (17%) but again this was higher in children. The researchers concluded that “this evidence supports introducing 20 mph zones in major British cities and also in similar metropolitan areas elsewhere.”

Ballymun Lifts Contractor Go on Strike

Just a short note to inform people that "Pickerings Limited", the company that maintain the lifts in Ballymun have withdrawn their services due to an internal industrial dispute today, Thursday 4th February, 2010. The City Council are monitoring this situation and I will update this blog when further information is available.

DCC Water Restrictions

There are general pressure reductions across all areas of the city. Residents are reminded to conserve water during this time.