Thursday, April 4, 2013

Playlist for Thursday 4.4.13

4-5
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Republic of  Loose - Comeback Girl
Feist - 1234
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
Paul Weller - Thinking of you
Pascal Pinon - One Thing
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Cure - A Forest
Wild Party - When I get older
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Chris Malinchak - So good to me

5-6
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Macklemore - Thriftshop
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Divine Comedy - National Express
Magic Man - Paris
Queen - Somebody to love
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Boy - Little Numbers
Sultans of Ping - Wheres me jumper
Villagers - Nothing Arrived
ACDC - Back in black

6-7
Clap your hands say yeah - Is this love?
Zutons - You will you won't
Major Lazer - Can't stop now
The Who - 20th Century Boy
Rilo Kiley - Breaking Up
Harry Belefonte - Shake Shake Shake
C2C - Down the road
St John The Gambler - Lemonade Man
Vampire Weekend - Diplomats Son
Van Morrison - Gloria
Roots Manuva - Witness the Fitness
Queens of the stone age - The lost art of keeping a secret
Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination
The Cast of Cheers - Animals

Watermains Rehabilitation Update Dun Laoghaire Rathdown

Works will be taking place in the following locations next week the 8th April 2013 to facilitate the Dublin Region Watermains Rehabilitation Works.

Traffic Management will be in place in the following locations

· Goatstown Road: Monday 8th April to Friday 12th April. Works taking place between Taney Road junction and Willowfield Avenue junctions. Working hours are 10am to 4pm. Cycle lane suspended for pedestrian walk ways. Stop/Go will be in place when the grab lorry is on site loading and unloading materials.

· Stillorgan Road: - Monday 8th April to Friday 12th April –traffic lights will be switched off at the junction of Stillorgan Road N11 and Priory Hall, Stop/Go will be in operation at all times during works between the hours of 8am and 6pm. Bus Lane restrictions between Mount Merrion Avenue and Priory Hall junctions to accommodate works along footpath outside Stillorgan Park Hotel.

Traffic lights will be switched off at the junction of Stillorgan Road N11 and Mount Merrion Avenue, Stop/Go will be in operation at all times during works between the hours of 8am and 6pm. Bus Lane restrictions between Mount Merrion Avenue and Priory Hall junctions to accommodate works along footpaths outside Stillorgan Park Hotel.

· Strand Road bridge in Killiney - Monday 8th April to Friday 12th April - Reinstatement works taking place on the bridge between the hours of 8am and 6pm. Yield priority system in operation at all times during the works.

Other works are taking place in the following locations - 2 way traffic will be maintained, however, there may be temporary Stop/Go boards in operation to facilitate the Grab lorry.

· Cabbinteely – Old Bray Road

· Roebuck Road/ Gledswood Drive

Closure of Londonbridge Rd and Bath Ave


From Monday 8th April to Saturday 20th July Londonbridge Road and Bath Avenue will be closed fo flood alleviation works on the Dodder Estuary.

The works include:

Removal of existing infill parapet walls on Londonbridge

Excavations into the bridge to construct new foundations

Construction of new reinforced parapet walls with recycling of existing parapet stone as facing material

Raising the upstream parapet by 750mm (500mm in glass)

Raising downstream parapet by 250mm

Installing wing walls to match in with existing new flood defences

Strengthening of existing bridge arches

Carrying out general maintenance on bridge

Road and footpath reinstatement

Diversions of existing services within the bridge

Diversions

Traffic on Haddington Rd / Shelbourne Rd/ Grand Canal St Upper wishing to travel on Bath Ave to Church Ave /Irishtown Rd /Tritonville Rd, will be diverted via South Lotts Rd and Bridge St.

Traffic on Church Avenue / Tritonville Road wishing to travel on Londonbridge Rd to Haddington Rd / Shelbourne Rd/ Grand Canal St Upper, will be diverted via Irishtown Rd, Bridge St and South Lotts Rd.

Traffic on Irishtown Rd wishing to travel on Londonbridge Rd to Haddington Rd / Shelbourne Rd/ Grand Canal St Upper, will be diverted via Tritonville Ave, Newbridge Ave, Herbert Rd and Landsdowne Rd.

Local vehicular access will be maintained on Bath Ave and Londonbridge Rd.

Pedestrian access will be maintained on one side of the bridge.

Cyclists are asked to dismount and walk across the pedestrian access.

Londonbridge Road and Bath Avenue will be closed to through traffic

A map detailing information on diversions is available HERE

Water Restrictions Update

The following is the latest update from Dublin City Council on the water conservation:

Basically the reductions should be all removed by Friday but some customers may still have water pressure issues for a few days.

Water conservation Notice

Dublin City

Thursday 4th April 2013

Significant improvement in water supply situation since imposition of night time pressure reductions on Thursday 28th March 2013.

As a result of a review held on Thursday 4th April the following phased removal of pressure restrictions will apply.

Nightly hours of restriction for 12 hours - from 7.00pm to 7.00am each day, were in place from - Sunday 31st March to Tuesday morning 2nd April, across the Dublin Region.

On Tuesday 2nd April, as a result of improved storage, the nightly hours of restrictions were reduced to 10 hours from 9 pm to 7.00 am each day.

With effect from Friday 5th April we expect to return to a regular service, albeit with reduced pressures, over the weekend.

The reduced pressure regime will cease when full production is restored at the Roundwood Water Treatment plant.


Dublin City Council wishes to apologise to our customers for the water restrictions we have had to put in place over the past week. Due to the cooperation of all water users, we managed to save a significant amount of water and our regional strategic storage, which was at an extreme and unsustainable low level last Thursday, is almost back to its target level.

We will impose water restrictions tonight, starting at 9pm, but expect to return to a regular service, albeit with reduced pressures, over the weekend starting on Friday night.

We will then continue to review and monitor the storage levels on an ongoing basis, but cannot rule out a return to more stringent restrictions if problems persist or the situation deteriorates.

Water demand is currently running higher than average due to the cold weather, which has caused an increase in leakage particularly on our old Victorian distribution system. Our crews are working flat out repairing any breaks as they arise. To help us in this regard we would ask people to report any location where they see water rising or running.

The single major issue still affecting us is the severe disruption to water production at our Roundwood Treatment Plant. This normally produces 66 million litres a day (out of a maximum of 560 million litres for the entire Dublin Region) but is now down to an average of 40 million litres a day, a shortfall of 26 million litres. There is no problem with storage levels of untreated/raw water and there is no problem with water quality of treated water. The region does not currently have a normal strategic reserve of 10-15% to meet such problems and has at best a limited 1% reserve, which will improve in future with new investment and conservation measures in the planning and construction stage.

In an effort to maintain storage we are asking consumers to assist us in maintaining adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. If all of our customers could reduce their consumption by 5%, and maintain this reduction, restrictions could cease almost immediately.

We expect to implement a gradual phased reduction in restrictions until Roundwood is back in production.

Tonight we will be reducing pressures throughout the system in order to conserve supplies. While we will try, as far as possible, to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced at other times. This will result in lower pressures and in some cases possible loss of supply. People may notice reductions in pressure or loss of supply from 9pm to between 7am and 9am throughout the entire city.

Over the weekend, customers should have water supply at their cold taps. They may not always have sufficient pressure at night to fill their storage tanks, but as these will fill during the day, most customers will be unaffected by the pressure reduction. Customers should be aware that unlike some other utilities like ESB, water distribution systems cannot be operated and managed to the point where the exact locations and precise times at which the effects of pressure alterations (both increase and decreases) will be experienced, however we do make every effort to ensure that the times and areas affected are limited.

Dublin City Council regrets any inconvenience caused by these restrictions and will do everything possible to minimise their scale and duration.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Playlist for Wednesday 3.4.13

4-5
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Butthole Surfers - Dracula From Houston
Roisin O - Here we go
Ramones - Baby, I love you
Chris Malinchak - So good to me
Spinners - Its a shame
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Ash - Oh Yeah
Boy - Little Numbers

5-6
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
De La Soul - Eye Know
Pulp - After You
King Charles - Bam Bam
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Delta Spirit - White Table
Nina Simone - I put a spell on you
Kid Karate - Two Times
Devotchka - How it needs
Frank & Walters - After All
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

6-7
Presidents of the US - Peaches
Rose & The Howling North - Cuckoo
Kings of Leon - Knocked Up
Hot Natured & Ali Love - Benediction
Matthew E White - Big Love
Paul McCartney - Jet
Little Green Cars - The John Wayne
Rage against the machine - Killing in the name
They Might be giants - You're on fire
The Strypes - You can't judge a book by the cover
Come On Live Long - Little Ones
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Playlist for Tuesday 2.4.13

4-5
Thin Lizzy - Sarah
Feist - How come you never go there
Tallest Man On Earth - Love is all
Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's -  40 day dream
Rolling Stones - Get off my cloud
Boy - Little Friends
Al Murray - Morning Sun
Treesleepers - 21 Hookers
Marnie Stern - You don't turn down
New Order - 60 miles an hour
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

5-6
Pixies - Debaser
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said
National - Conversation 16
Green Day - Good Riddance
Yeah Yeah Yeah - Sacrilege
Nick Drake - One of these things first
Charles Wright - Express yourself
Joe Banfi - Nomads
David Kitt - Say No More
Zutons - Pressure Point
Rhye - Open
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
The Spikes - Specialist

6-7
Air - So light is her footfall
Wild Party - When I get older
This Club - I won't worry
Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me
Rodriguez- Crucify your mind
Kasabian - Processed Beats
Sea Pinks - Following Wind
Divine Comedy - Something for teh weekend
They might be giants - You're on fire
Leonard Cohen - The Partisan
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Buffalo Springfield - For what its worth
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Pulp - After You






Water Conservation Update

Here is the latest update on water conservation and pressures or loss of service  in the city for the next two days:

Water conservation Notice


Tuesday 2nd April 2013



Reductions in pressure and/or loss of supply throughout the entire city

from

9pm (Tuesday 2nd April) to between 7am and 9am (Wednesday 3rd April)

and from

9pm (Wednesday 3rd April) to between 7am and 9am (Thursday 4th April)


Due to the cooperation of our customers we managed to save a significant amount of water into storage again last night. We will impose water restrictions tonight, starting at 9pm. We will continue to review and monitor the storage levels on an ongoing basis.

Treated water storage is currently at an unsustainably low level. This is as a result of production problems at one of our water treatment plants. There is obviously no problem with storage levels of untreated/raw water and there is no problem with water quality of treated water. Storage levels of treated drinking water are below a normal operational level.

In addition water demand is currently running higher than average due to the cold weather which has caused an increase in leakage. Our crews are repairing any breaks as they arise. To help us in this regard we would ask people to report any location where they see water rising or running.

In an effort to maintain storage we are asking consumers to assist us in maintaining adequate water supplies by restricting their use of water as much as possible. We will be reducing pressures throughout the system in order to conserve supplies. While we will try, as far as possible, to maintain pressures during peak demand periods, pressures will be reduced at other times. This will result in lower pressures and in some cases possible loss of supply. People may notice reductions in pressure or loss of supply from 9pm to between 7am and 9am throughout the entire city.

Dublin City Council regrets any inconvenience caused by these restrictions and will do everything possible to minimise their scale and duration.

Water is precious. Let’s conserve it. Tá uisce luachmhar. Caomhnaímís é.