ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour and illegal dumping needs to be clamped down on in Drumgeely, Shannon representatives have stated.
Drumgeely’s pump-house is proving to be a magnet for both illegal dumping and anti-social behaviour according to local councillors who issued a request for the area to be tidied in order to deter this conduct.
In a proposal before Tuesday’s meeting of the Shannon Municipal District, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) urged Clare County Council to clean the area surrounding the pump house “located adjacent to the river and Drumgeely housing and also to put in fencing around the pump house to deter further illegal dumping of waste and anti-social activity”.
Pedestrians could potentially be re-routed from the site through the restoration of the local footpath linking onto the river walk, he suggested.
Crews from the Shannon MD completed a tidy up of the location in December and again during the first week of January, senior executive engineer Tom Mellett advised. “The location is at the bottom of Drumgeely Hill adjacent to a storm water pumping station, the embankment walk and Lynch Park. Fencing off the area surrounding the building will not of itself reduce the instances of large-scale dumping but may deter anti-social gatherings. Fencing has not been allowed for in our budget for 2022 and so I will seek funding opportunities to complete”.
Mellett confirmed that a tender is to be prepared to upgrade the embankment walk from the Airport access on Drumgeely Hill to the Lynch Park side. “In support of this project, we will arrange for better access along the established path linking to the Drumgeely Hill road,” he added.
Efforts of the Shannon MD crew was acknowledged by Cllr Flynn who flagged that some vegetation was yet to be moved. “There is a huge degree of illegal activity and anti-social behaviour going on around the pumphouse,” he commented. The Shannon resident was hopeful funding opportunities would be successful.
“Fencing would help particularly with anti-social behaviour,” Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) maintained as she seconded the motion.
