LOOKING to crack down on littering, Limerick City and County Council has signalled its ambition to install new CCTV cameras to tackle illegal dumping across the county.
The proposal, which the Council says is being made in accordance with its Litter Management Plan 2023-2026, will see the instalment of eight new cameras and the repurposing of a number of existing ones in areas where persistent littering has been identified.
The move will specifically target ‘bring banks’ (designated recycling areas where people can recyclable materials like glass, paper, or clothes) across the county, with new cameras mooted for banks in Milford/Castletroy, Dock Road, Roxboro Shopping Centre, Coonagh Road, Bruree, Kilmallock, Croom, and St Joseph’s Cemetery.
The existing cameras the Council proposes to loop into the anti-litter push will be in St Mary’s Park and the Galvone Road.
Limerick City and County Council specified the new cameras will not be live-monitored, with footage only accessed if an offence is suspected.
“It is important to note that live monitoring will only be undertaken at schemes where community cameras are being repurposed for waste and litter enforcement and where live monitoring is already being done by trained personnel who are Garda vetted. Footage from new schemes will only be requested where an offence under the Waste or Litter Acts may have been committed,” a statement from the Council read.
LCCC is encouraging residents and businesses to share their views on the move through a public consultation open until September 7.
Submissions can be made via the Council’s public consultation platform mypoint.limerick.ie, by emailing [email protected], or by sending written responses to the Council’s Domestic Waste and Litter Team.
