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12 more houses for lakepoint.

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You may have noticed the site to the left as you drive into lakepoint has been cleared of trees this week. New hoarding has been erected and 12 new dwellings are about to be built. This will finish off the semi circular aspect of the front of lakepoint as always attended. It will get rid …

No Ramps for Lakepoint.

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The Association contacted the council recently to ask if there was any chance of getting some “Children at Play” signs or some type of assistance to help with speeding in the estate. We were hoping for a different response. We went through Cllr. Aoife Davitt to forward a motion at the Mullingar municipal Council meeting …

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 …

New Housing.

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Hi, it has been realised this week that work is to commence on development land adjacent to Gleann Petit and behind The Court and The Grove. This work consists of 32 new houses with road access through Gleann Petite. The road is to be built on part of the large green area in Gleann Petite. …

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 …