New Athy Slip Road escalates campaign for Southern Road – Daly

The recent opening of the slip road connecting Athy with the M9 makes the construction of the Southern Distributor Road more vital for the future commercial and social development of Athy according to Fine Gael’s Cllr Richard Daly

“Last week the opening of the slip road has shown road users the value of having a modern road network. For commuters on the Dublin Waterford route access to Athy is only a matter of less than 10 minutes. Sadly, while traffic can arrive faster into the town the lack of the Distributor Road means that traffic for further destinations have to make their way through a congested town.

Athy is now far more accessible to both Dublin and Waterford and the improved infrastructure will make Athy a more attractive location for companies to locate

Athy has a united approach to the importance and priority of getting the Southern Distributor Road and every political organisation, lobby group and business body has identified it as vital to the development of business and alleviating traffic congestion.

Once more I would ask our TDs and government supporters to exert every pressure to ensure that our financial climate is not used as an excuse for neglecting this project” said Cllr Daly.