Water feature on seafront

Selandia · 02-02-2011 11:55pm #1

Couldn't believe my eyes this evening when I saw a roped off area in front of ST Davids and a sign saying a "water feature" is under construction. Hello? In front of a natural "water feature" i.e The sea!! Have the council lost the run of themselves altogether? It'll look ridiculous.....I despair!

Charlie-Bravo · 03-02-2011 12:50am

Selandia wrote: »

Couldn't believe my eyes this evening when I saw a roped off area in front of ST Davids and a sign saying a "water feature" is under construction. Hello? In front of a natural "water feature" i.e The sea!! Have the council lost the run of themselves altogether? It'll look ridiculous.....I despair!

erm...is this the harbour?

*cough*

mikedragon32 · 03-02-2011 11:36am

If it's anything like the "water feature" in the park I'm sure it'll be grand.

sagat2 · 03-02-2011 4:20pm

Could be a drinking fountain?

Dunphus · 03-02-2011 6:36pm

sagat2 wrote: »

Could be a drinking fountain?

Sure everyone just goes to the beach to drink, waste of money!

vinpaul · 04-02-2011 7:24pm

Selandia wrote: »

Couldn't believe my eyes this evening when I saw a roped off area in front of ST Davids and a sign saying a "water feature" is under construction. Hello? In front of a natural "water feature" i.e The sea!! Have the council lost the run of themselves altogether? It'll look ridiculous.....I despair!

Must agree with you. Where are the funds coming from???
Pot holes all over the place, footpaths broken and the council procede with this costly project. Has no one in Engineers office been around the town to witness the damage from the harsh winter weather?

trad · 04-02-2011 7:25pm

Public toilet?

pixbyjohn · 04-02-2011 7:43pm

Selandia wrote: »

Couldn't believe my eyes this evening when I saw a roped off area in front of ST Davids and a sign saying a "water feature" is under construction. Hello? In front of a natural "water feature" i.e The sea!! Have the council lost the run of themselves altogether? It'll look ridiculous.....I despair!

I don't think it is going to be a water feature. There is a sign up ok with "water features and landscaping" written on it. It appears to be a contractor's sign. Maybe it is being done with a private residents money and not the council's funds.
(I wonder has it/does it require planning permission ? thinking out loud to myself)

Selandia · 04-02-2011 9:25pm

pixbyjohn wrote: »

I don't think it is going to be a water feature. There is a sign up ok with "water features and landscaping" written on it. It appears to be a contractor's sign. Maybe it is being done with a private residents money and not the council's funds.
(I wonder has it/does it require planning permission ? thinking out loud to myself)

Well I'd be just as outraged if it's private money, a water feature will look ridiculous in the forefront of what is a beautiful sea view. Surely it couldn't have planning permission? Apart from the funds being needed for pothole and other repairs as pointed out by the previous poster, they could have been spent doing sensitive repairs and maintainence to the cliff walk to Bray or the sea path to Kilcoole. Leave the Greystones seafront alone, I say, there's enough silly little walls and paths leading nowhere!

pixbyjohn · 04-02-2011 11:06pm

I really don't think it is a water feature. I can understand your concern though.

pixbyjohn · 05-02-2011 4:57pm

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loyatemu · 05-02-2011 6:11pm

open-air urinal?
altar for human sacrifices?
first section of the Greystones monorail?

Charlie-Bravo · 05-02-2011 11:53pm

looks like a BBQ.

monorail,monorail,monorail! Donuts, is there anything they can't do?

I propose the replacement of the Charlesland Shuttle with a Monorail...daft?

Huntthe · 06-02-2011 1:49pm

It's.... eh..... beautiful, just what we needed :rolleyes:

darter · 06-02-2011 3:43pm

Just walked by it. Funnily enough - it looks just like the photos...

It's certainly not a water feature - that's just the range of the contractor's work.

Not sure what it is. I'd guess at a Greystones sign with map etc. Perhaps description of the grey stones? Would be nice if we got more info from the WCC or Greystones committee as to what it is.

But for now, I won't knee-jerk object or be sarcastic - I'll wait until it's finished...

pixbyjohn · 06-02-2011 4:00pm

It is part 1 of 2 by the looks of it

pixbyjohn · 02-03-2011 11:07pm

I see they are progressing on the 2 display stands at the seafront.
To display the Birds and the Flowers & Fauna of the locality

pixbyjohn · 20-03-2011 5:49pm

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markest · 20-03-2011 8:23pm

Don't be too quick to judge, i've often seen crows & dogs dragging rubbish out of these bins in search of a snack.

pixbyjohn · 20-03-2011 8:57pm

markest wrote: »

Don't be too quick to judge, i've often seen crows & dogs dragging rubbish out of these bins in search of a snack.

OK point taken, thank you.

loyatemu · 20-03-2011 10:54pm

also, that bin is full - the wind would easily blow out rubbish from the top of it. The provision of bins around Greystones in general is very poor (there isn't a single bin on Church Lane).

darter · 21-03-2011 7:14pm

loyatemu wrote: »

also, that bin is full - the wind would easily blow out rubbish from the top of it. The provision of bins around Greystones in general is very poor (there isn't a single bin on Church Lane).

Not only are there too few of them, they are not emptied enough. In Summertime the park opposite the DART station is full of rubbish as the bins are full so people are putting their rubbish next to the bins, but it gets blown around the park. Yes, ok, there are some dickheads who leave their rubbish on the grass.

threetrouts · 21-03-2011 11:58pm

Heard they were two podiums/sea defences for Enda and Simon Harris to stand on as the tsunami of overwhelming debt comes from the East.The bin is overflowing from all the rubbish they've been speaking.