Starting on Monday 20th July 2015, Kildare County Council repair works will be carried out at Salmon Leap Bridge in Leixlip between the hours of 8am and 6pm and are expected to be completed by Friday 24th July 2015. Also, lower end of the Main St. (English row) in Celbridge is being resurfaced and will be closed at night time from 10pm to 6am while these works are ongoing. These are also expected to be completed by Friday 24th July 2015. Detour signs will be in place during hours of closure.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Sallins Local Area Plan 2015 – 2021
Zoning map from draft Sallins LAP 2015-2021
Every five years the council publishes a Local Area Plan (LAP) for towns and villages which sets out a roadmap for how they will be developed over the coming years. In particular these LAPs set out where future building development can take place, the density of such development, and the type of development, e.g. residential, commercial, amenity/green space etc. At this point in time, the draft of the Sallins LAP 2015-2021 is now on public display until 11th August 2015. While on public display, the public are offered the opportunity to make submissions regarding the LAP. This is an important occasion in the lifetime of every town. I would always encourage that people get involved in this process and make their opinions about the future development of Sallins heard.
Rathbane Horse Show, Kilteel
Up in the highest point in Co. Kildare this evening for the Rathbane Horse Show in Kilteel, in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund. Great to see the popular walking route Kings Lane all trimmed back as well after I put a motion down at council on this in May.
Sallins Road Roundabout Upgrade
Work on the Sallins Road roundabout has now started. I flagged this up when it was planned last year (see comments below). The work will involve making all the approaches to the roundabout two lanes and it will increase the flow through the roundabout helping to relieve congestion on the Monread and Sallins roads. I have discussed the traffic management plan with the District Engineer and whilst there may be some minor disruptions, the plan is to keep the roundabout open at all times throughout the work. The works will run on for a number of weeks, and probably last into the Autumn or later.
Five Garda Recruits for Kildare Simply Not Enough
It was announced recently that 5 new garda recruits were to be allocated to Kildare. The latest figures made available to Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson Niall Collins shows there were 300 gardaí attached to Kildare in February this year, down from 324 in April 2011. The loss of 24 gardaí to police our communities cannot be undone with an additional 5 garda recruits.
It is extremely important that Garda recruitment and the training of new officers is continuing but I think the Government needs to ramp up its efforts in this regard. The strength of the garda force nationally is now around 12,500 and there are a further 1,498 officers eligible to retire this year. This would leave the force at a seriously diminished level.