Kildare County Council to write to Waterways Ireland over safety concerns for busy bridge

Kildare County Council is to write to Waterways Ireland regarding issues at Kilmore Bridge on the L1003.

This follows a motion tabled by Cllr William Durkan (FG) at this month's Clane-Maynooth Municipal District meeting.

Cllr Durkan's motion asked that the council write to Waterways Ireland to improve greenway access, to allow parking provision and enhanced sight lines at Kilmore Bridge.

Speaking at the meeting, Cllr Durkan asked that with members' agreement the council contact Waterways Ireland as he felt there should be communication between the two bodies, particularly around this one site.

This was something which had come up with members of the public, he said, the most recent concern of which was the closure of a small area used as parking to access the canal.

Cllr Durkan said the bridge was “quite dangerous”, given that pedestrians and cyclists were accessing the canal, with very poor sight lines offered at the bridge itself.

There was also a lot of agricultural traffic in the area as well, he pointed out, which presented added danger in the area.

He asked the council to contact Waterways Ireland to see what works could be progressed, either by the council, Waterways Ireland “or perhaps together.”

Following agreement in the council, the local authority will now write to Waterways Ireland on the issue.

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