Hedges cut in Kilkeaskin, Carbury

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…

Killina Lower Road Completed

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…

Work begins in Killina Lower

This is a major milestone for me personally. This is the biggest project I have taken on to date, to prove to Kildare County Council that this road in Killina is in its charge. Having done so, I am pleased with the council’s decision to repair the road from start to finish. It requires a…

Roadworks at Downings Cross

A great job has been done at Downings Cross by the roads department in Kildare County Council. The junction is much safer as a result and the new road markings are very clear. Unfortunately the road closure for the works on Wednesday May 29th caused long delays in Prosperous and at Dag Welds. Although signs…

Killina Road Ownership Clarified

For four months now, I have been trying to work with Kildare County Council to clarify the ownership of a road in Killina Lower, that I wrote about in November 2018. It has been an extremely frustrating ordeal, to say the least. Eventually, following a Freedom of Information request, the council have admitted that they…

Pedestrian Safety at Allenwood Cross

The dangerous situation regarding pedestrian crossing points at Allenwood Cross is regularly brought up at our Tidy Towns and Scoil Mhuire Parents Association meetings. In March 2017, my colleague Cllr. Mark Stafford raised the issue at a council meeting and it was agreed to install cameras to monitor the junction and assess what needs to be…

Killina Roads

I was delivering leaflets about the Grand Canal Greenway in Killina just before Christmas. On my rounds, I visited a lane way where some friends of mine live. I was shocked at the state of the section of the lane way where they live and contacted my friend to find out more. It is suspected…

Kerbing replaced at Cushalla

Earlier this year, the contractors working on behalf of Irish Water removed some kerbing near Cushalla in Allenwood. I reported the issue and wrote it about it at https://brendanwyse.ie/2018/08/02/kerbs-removed-during-road-works/. Cllr. Mark Stafford raised a motion on my behalf, in relation to the issue, at the October council meeting. I see that the kerbing has now been…

Road Repairs Allenwood South

Kildare County have a scheme called Green Kilometre where you nominate a section of road that you are going to maintain. See http://www.kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/Environment/GreenKilometreScheme/ for more information on this interesting scheme. I nominated a section of the main road to Lullymore near my home, on behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns. A few weeks ago, I was out…