Multiple bus stop and shelter upgrade works planned for Kildare

Multiple bus stop and shelter upgrade works are in the works for one County Kildare region.

The works were announced by Kildare County Council (KCC) in response to a motion which was submitted at the latest Clane-Maynooth Municipal District (MD) meeting, which took place on April 10 last.

It was originally submitted by Fine Gael councillor William Durkan. However, since he was absent from this meeting, his party colleague, Cllr Tim Durkan, submitted the motion in his place.

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According to Cllr Tim Durkan, his colleague requested KCC to 'take urgent action to expediate the delivery of planned bus stop upgrades throughout the MD'.

The motion was seconded by Labour Party Cllr Angela Feeney.

In response to Cllr William Durkan's motion, KCC said via the report it presented at the meeting: "KCC has over 500 bus stop locations across the county and are limited by resources and funding in how many bus stop upgrade project we can deliver per year.

"Having said that, KCC's Sustainable Transport Department currently have nine bus stop upgrade projects at completion or at practical completion in this MD for 2026. There is also one bus shelter project set to commence within the next six weeks."

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KCC added: "Future bus stop and bus shelter upgrade works are currently being designed and will be progressed through the National Transport Authority (NTA) approval, Road Safety Audit and Section 38 procedures as required for delivery in 2027 and beyond."

Speaking further on his colleague's motion, Cllr Tim Durkan emphasised to KCC that 'a lot of people living within this MD' require the use of public transport.

The Mayor of the MD, Fine Gael Cllr Brendan Wyse, also expressed support for the motion.

Furthermore, he praised the recent upgrades works carried out by Local Link and Transport for Ireland services within the MD.

After Mayor Wyse was finished speaking, a senior engineer for KCC who was also present at the meeting, Chris Galvin, asserted that KCC has identified the matter of bus stop and shelter upgrades 'as a priority' for the MD.

"There is definitely a commitment from the [Chief] Executive here," he added.

Cllr Tim Durkan then suggested to Mr Galvin: "Could we write to the NTA to invite them to a meeting? Because there are urgent issues that need to be looked at here."

After his idea was briefly discussed by the other attendees, it was agreed that KCC would send a letter to the NTA in order to organise a meeting with the MD's representatives.

The motion was originally submitted by Fine Gael Cllr William Durkan (LEFT). However, since he was absent from the meeting, his party colleague, Cllr Tim Durkan, submitted the motion in his place (RIGHT). Credit for both photographs belongs to kildarecoco.ie

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