>>UPDATE: Today’s meeting agreed to get a report in February on the potential for rubber paving and on the priorities for the footpath repair.<<<\/p>\n
– Councillor wants to put a spring in the step of north-side residents <\/p>\n
Green Party Councillor David Healy will today ask Fingal County Council to consider the possibility of using rubber footpaths in the Bayside and Sutton Park areas of North Dublin. Council officials are currently planning to remove many road-side trees which have cracked footpaths, but rubber footpaths are not susceptible to root damage and would save the trees in these leafy areas of the city. Cllr Healy, the Green Party’s General Election candidate for Dublin
\nNorth East, said: "Rubber pavements have been used in over 60 cities in
\nthe US, as a way of solving the problem of dangerous footpaths that
\nhave been cracked by trees. The rubber comes from recycled waste tyres
\nand is a much more comfortable surface to walk and jog on. It is also
\nmuch safer if people fall onto it.<\/p>\n
"I believe that rubber footpaths will allow us to save the beautiful
\ntrees that have been growing in these areas for decades while improving
\nthe safety of footpaths. Rubber footpaths may be a bit more expensive
\nthan concrete alternatives but they last up to three times as long and
\nare much easier to maintain and replace."<\/p>\n
Cllr Healy’s proposal to deploy rubber footpaths in Bayside and Sutton
\nPark will be discussed during Fingal County Council’s meeting at 3pm
\ntoday (Thursday, 12 December) in Baldoyle Library, when the proposed
\ntree-felling programme for the area will be brought back before the
\nArea Committee.<\/p>\n
Information:
\nCllr David Healy: 087 6178852
\nDamian Connon, Press Office: 01 618 3852 \/ 087 228 1119<\/p>\n
The following links provide further information on the usage and success of rubber pavements: USEPA<\/a>, Washington Post<\/a>, Washington Post<\/a>, Rubber Sidewalks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" >>UPDATE: Today’s meeting agreed to get a report in February on the potential for rubber paving and on the priorities for the footpath repair.<< – Councillor wants to put a spring in the step of north-side residents Green Party Councillor David Healy will today ask Fingal County Council to consider the possibility of using rubber […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}