Calls for Kildare County Council to develop local bike hire and canoe facilities for Robertstown

By Kim O'Leary

Sinn Fein Cllr Mark Lynch is calling on Kildare Council to consider assisting local businesses as well as bring more tourism to the Robertstown area by developing bike hire and canoe facilities in anticipation of the Grand Canal improvement tourism plan.

Back in February, Kildare County Council and Laois County Council granted planning permission for a Blueway along 47 Kilometres of the Grand Canal in Kildare and 16 Kilometres in Laois, and it is hoped that this will encourage tourism in the area.

The motion for the development of bike hire and canoe facilities will be raised by Sinn Fein Councillor Mark Lynch to be discussed at the June District Meeting next Wednesday 20 June.