As congested traffic becomes a regular feature of Athy, Cllr Richard Daly says that now is the time to escalate the campaign for funding for the Southern Distributor Road.
“For decades there has been division in Athy over the route of the road but for the past number of years consensus has been reached and all of the preliminary and environmental work has been completed. Now funding is the only issue which remains unresolved. In the records of the Dail, in response to a question by Dep Jack Wall, Minister Dempsey replied :
“My Department received an application from Kildare County Council in November 2008 for 100% funding of the Athy Southern Distributor Road at an estimated cost of €42 million. In order to increase the monies available for the maintenance and rehabilitation of road pavements, arising from the severe weather as mentioned earlier, it has been necessary to reduce the grant allocations for major new road schemes and for major realignment schemes. As a result of this, no funding is being provided for this project in 2010.”
This means that over the next year no further work will take place on the Athy Southern Distributor Road and this is unacceptable for a population who have a large number of commuters and a through traffic which chokes the single route in the town almost daily.
I am not prepared to let the next seven months pass by without organising a response to Minister Dempsey’s response and will be highlighting the issue throughout the town over the coming weeks.”
“Attached please find photos taken on the proposed route of the Athy Southern Distributor Road”
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