Council signs contract for 20 homes in Kilcock

Kildare County Council today signed a contract with Kercon Construction of Donaghpatrick, Navan, Co Meath for the construction of 20 houses in Kilcock.

The contract duration is 11 months, with works to commence on site prior to Christmas.

The contract value is € 3 million (incl. VAT). The scheme will complete the final phase of development at the Highfield estate.

Welcoming the scheme, Mayor of Kildare, Cllr Ivan Keatley stated “Today sees the signing of the first contract for construction of Council houses in a number of years. Pillar 2 of the Governments Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness specifically deals with accelerating the delivery of social housing. I look forward to other signings for more schemes throughout the County in the next number of months”

The Chief Executive of Kildare County Council, Peter Carey, pointed out that Kildare had been active in other facets of the provision of social housing in the last year, including acquisition of houses and the successful roll- out of the Housing Assistance Programme (HAP).

It was, he noted, “great to look forward to seeing the building and completion of new Council homes”.

The Mayor of the Maynooth Municipal District, Cllr Brendan Weld commented that while welcoming the signing of the contract today, he was also looking forward to other developments in the Municipal District, including the advancing of the Anne Street, Prosperous scheme, which is currently proceeding through the Part VIII planning process.