NTA To Be Asked To Appear Before Kildare Municipal Disrict Over DART Expansion.

Monday, 6 September 2021 11:45

The light rail service is being extended to Kilcock and Maynooth.

The NTA is to be requested to attend a Kildare council meeting, over Dart+

The programme is designed to extend the light rail service in the Maynooth and Kilcock.

It requires infrastructural up-grade, including electrification of the line, and construction of a new depot in Kilcock.

Fine Gael Cllr., Tim Durkan, raised the matter at the September meeting of the Clane/Maynooth Municipal District.

He says the the schedule of depot construction should align with track up-grades

Cllr. Durkan joined Eoin Beatty on Monday's edition of the programme to discuss all his motions before the meeting

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