Incredible job by the Northern Roads Section of Kildare County Council to tidy up the hedgerows on this beautiful laneway in Kilkeaskin, Carbury. Some residents were in touch with me about the restricted road width due to the overgrown hedgerows and I am very grateful to the team in Maynooth, who responded to my request to have…
River Road, Allenwood South, was once again submerged this week as the adjacent stream overflowed. Temporary lakes have formed in the nearby fields and gardens, again. At the September meeting of Kildare County Council I was told that this stream is not in a drainage district and therefore is not the responsibility of the council….
The deep hollow before the speed ramp near Allen School has now been repaired. I reported it after a woman had her tyre punctured when she was forced into the hollow after meeting an oncoming large vehicle. This was brought to my attention at a meeting of the West Kildare branch of Fine Gael. At…
Delighted to see some work finally being done again in Woodlawn, Allenwood. I have been working with Woodlawn residents Allenwood and Cllr. Daragh Fitzpatrick to keep the pressure on to have the back of the estate cleaned up and properly finished off. Hopefully that happens now to everyone’s satisfaction. I have updated the full project timeline at…
Following a meeting of Lullymore, Barnaran, Drumsru and Cappanargid (LBDC) Community Alert Group in July, I wrote to the Chief Superintendent in Naas asking that the boundary of the Rathangan sub-district be extended from Barnaran to include Drumsru. As the Garda Divisions have now been changed, and Kildare is now combined with Laois / Offaly…
Following the final coating last week, I am now marking the project status for the L-50261-1 road in Killina Lower as complete. My thanks to the residents of the road and the Kildare County Council roads section of Maynooth area for their assistance with this. I hope that the vehicles using the road now keep the speed…
In February, I had the opportunity to update An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D., about our local West Kildare Fine Gael branch. The branch is the Fine Gael party organisation on the ground, and in our local branch we discuss local issues and what we can do to fix them. The branch also serves as a link to our…
Updated Mobile Library Timetables are now available for Allenwood, Coill Dubh, Derrinturn, Johnstownbridge, Killina, Kilshanroe, Prosperous, Robertstown, Staplestown and Ticknevin at https://b-wy.se/mobile-library These timetables are valid from this September to next May. The library stop locations are included on each timetable.
A lot of Residents Associations are getting in touch with me over problems with their estates. Developers are dragging their heels and failing to finish off estates, once their profits have been made. It’s not fair on the people paying their mortgages and rent, to have to fight them alone. The bond system is meant…
In 2018, I did an assessment of the playgrounds in North West Kildare which showed that there is a lack of these valuable amenities in this rural corner of the county. I welcome the publication of the new Kildare Play Strategy 2018-2028 which aims to address that concern by proposing five new playgrounds in Johnstownbridge,…