The council has published its annual report for 2022
Expenditure on the grants programme increased from €4.25m in 2021 to €5.19m in 2022.
Kildare County Council delivered upgrades on 178 properties, through the Energy Retrofit Programme,
Over €1m in grant funding was awarded to 54 businesses to support many areas of business development such as start-up, expansion & export marketing.
Some €4.2m in funding was secured to deliver the Athy Food, Drink & Skills Innovation Hub under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund.
When complete, the hub will act as a home for the countywide food cluster, an education hub and provide manufacturing space for 20 entrepreneurs.
A significant Capital Project Programme was progressed by the Library Service in 2022 including refurbishment and extension for the URDF funded Naas Library and Cultural Centre.
136 groups and individuals participated in the Green Kilometre initiative in 2022, resulting in planting of over 800 native saplings to improve local biodiversity.
131 schools registered for the green schools programme working on environmental themes including litter and waste, energy and water reduction, biodiversity and sustainable travel.
Works got underway on the new Athy Distributor Road, which, upon completion, will provide two new roundabouts, new signalled crossroad junctions, approx. 3.4km of footpath and cycleway as well as an 80m single span steel bridge over the River Barrow.
Elsewhere, significant progress was delivered on capital projects including the Maynooth Eastern Ring Road, Celbridge to Hazelhatch Link Road as well as the Newhall Junction upgrade and junction improvement programme.
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