Kildare County Council explains reluctance to install piping at drain

A representative of Kildare County Council (KCC) has explained why the council is reluctant to install piping in a drain.

KCC’s representative made the comments in response to a motion at the latest Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District meeting, which was held on Wednesday, April 19 last.

Fine Gael councillor Mark Stafford urged KCC to 'proceed with the piping of the drain at Ellistown at the Ellistown/Green Road as previously agreed.'

Cllr Stafford also said that the owner of the site was willing to install the piping.

However, KCC told him that there are no plans to pipe the drain in question.

A representative told Cllr Stafford: "It is an open drain that carries a substantial amount of water.

"To pipe it will cause maintenance and possible flooding issues."

When the possibility of fencing off the area was brought up, the representative said: "I don’t want to go down this route, because once you start, where do you stop, and where will we get the funding?"

This prompted Cllr Stafford to once more urge KCC to 'keep an open mind' on the issue.