Bus Shelter Battle: Local Cllr Demands Answers On Funding And Site Selection

Friday, 18 October 2024 15:54

By Martin Osborne

She said "surely the seven day service from Kilcullen through Kineagh and Athgarvan, which also has a night service, warrants a bus shelter".

How did two new bus shelters make Kildare County Council's approval list and other bus shelters that were promised didn't?

That's the question being asked by Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer.

She said over €500,000 has been allocated to Kildare County Council by the National Transport Authority to progress bus shelters in the county but bus shelters she asked for "were not included".

She said "surely the seven day service from Kilcullen through Kineagh and Athgarvan, which also has a night service, warrants a bus shelter".

She said she is still waiting on a response from the council.

The council said several other locations are being considered for potential bus shelters in the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District.

These include:

    R416 Newbridge Road, Athgarvan
    Maddenstown Terrace, The Curragh
    Brownstown, The Curragh
    R416 Athgarvan Road, Newbridge
    R415 Rathbride Abbey, Kildare Town
    R415 Lourdesville, Kildare Town

A spokesperson for the council said other locations will be considered in due course, "funding and resources permitting".

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