Council paid ¤1.4m in compo claims since ‘16
OVER a third of Sligo County Council’s compensation claims over the past two years were caused by potholes.
The council paid out almost ¤1.4million to 98 finalised compensation claims between January 2016 and December 2017.
The figures were revealed at the February Council meeting after Councillor Declan Bree asked for a report with details of all the compensation claims paid by the Council or its insurers in the past two years.
By far the largest number of claims were due to potholes, with 34 claims made totalling ¤40,791.
However slipping/tripping claims were the most costly with just seven claims costing the Council ¤532,446.
The most expensive slip/trip was at JFK Parade after which a claim was settled for ¤200,329. A slipping incident on the access road to Rosses Point beach cost the Council ¤95,173.
A claims for a trip on Stephen Street cost them ¤74,914, while a trip on Emmett Street cost them ¤72,933.
Someone tripping in Abbeyville Estate secured a claim for ¤25,329 and a trip on John Fallon Footbridge over the Garavogue cost the Council ¤19,225.
The smallest trip/slip claim was at Sligo Racecourse for ¤2,152.
The storm damage at Woodlands in Ballytivnan cost the Council ¤87,413.
There were 13 claims relating to fire, including ¤71,582 at Creevykeel, ¤54,499 at St Joseph’s Terrace, ¤41,403 at Brookfield and ¤18,731 at a fire at Citygate.
There were eight claims made caused by footpaths, with the highest claims of ¤78,110 at Abbeyville Park, ¤65,899 at Cleveragh Road, ¤53,588 at Devins Drive Cranmore Road, ¤28,720 at Stephen Street, ¤28,544 at St Joesph’s Ballytivnan and ¤18,168 at a footpath in Wine Street.