Category: maintenance

Spring is in the air!

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Spring is in the air. Well not really but community spirit really is. Our committee has grown in the last few months and we are so thankful to have such new energy injected into the area. Some of the new committee have taken to replant around the street name signs and made a start to …

Roadside drain cleaning.

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We are pleased to say that the council are in the process of cleaning out every single roadside drain in Lakepoint. You may have come across the large truck with a hose out the back sucking all the sludge and years of debris out of the drains. The council have been in for over a …

Road Sweeping

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Just in case you haven’t noticed the Westmeath Co. Co. have been in our estate twice this week with the road sweeper. We had requested that they pay us a visit a while back but they said they couldn’t with current restrictions but would as soon as they could. We didn’t think that would mean …

1st Grass Cutting

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We are happy to say and hope you have noticed that the first grass cutting of the season has been done. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all residents who pay the 50 euro yearly Association fee as this is what pays for the grass cutting and estate maintenance. Not the county …

Spring Clean

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Well well, another season has passed and we are back around to the grass cutting time of year.  Between now and Monday evening we are asking for peoples help to clean a bit of rubbish in our estate. We have organised clean up days in the past but with level 5 restrictions we are asking …

Dumping & leaves

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Hi, The County Council have got back to us and said that they will contact the land owner and ask them to remove the beds and mattresses and other rubbish that has been dumped over time over the hoarding between The Court and Gleann Petit. We also asked the Westmeath Co. Co. If they could …

Grass Dumping

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Hi, it has been brought to our attention that there are grass clippings being dumped by electrical esb boxes on common green areas in our estate. Every household is expected to dispose of their own green waste. It is an offence to dump your grass anywhere outside of your own property. Please do not dispose …

Cycle Lane? Update.

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In August the Westmeath Co. Co. said that they will be upgrading the footpaths and upgrading the cycle lane from Lakepoint to the greenway at the Dublin bridge. Now the council put in a new footpath at st. Coleman’s school and nothing more. The Lakepoint Residents Association have asked the council through the voice of …

Tree cutting Update

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So as some may have noticed the Westmeath Co. Co. had their big cherry picker in early last week and trimmed the tops of trees. We followed up with council afterwards that it is the low hanging branches that are the issue this time. You can’t pass on some footpaths and basically they are a …

Footpath repair.

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Over the past week or so the Westmeath county council undertook to correct a trip hazard on the footpath. The footpath had been pushed up by roots of the adjoining tree causing a lip to trip on. (I personally have given first aid along with another neighbour when an elderly gentleman tripped on this footpath …