One of the town centre items that came up at the last council meeting concerned plans to upgrade the “bus hub” on Naas Main Street. I had a number of difficulties with this, some of which stemmed from our meetings with traders. Firstly I am unconvinced that there is sufficient demand for a new bus stop at this location to justify the cost. Secondly we do not appear to have the power to divert the money to other locations where there is a demand. Thirdly the project as proposed would have taken away parking spaces from the Main Street which is just not acceptable at a time when they are so needed. We had a robust debate on the proposals at that council meeting and I and other Cllrs expressed the concerns above. The outcome was that the “hub” will be re-designed to reduce its size and street footprint and that no parking spaces will now be lost.