KILDARE: Proposal to take in charge the road behind Lidl Distribution Centre

The road located behind the Lidl Distribution Centre (DC) may be taken in charge by Kildare County Council (KCC).

The information was given to councillors present at the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District meeting, which was held on Wednesday, February 21 last.

Fianna Fáil Cllr Noel Heavey submitted the following motion to KCC: "That the council confirm if it plans to take in charge the new road behind Lidl DC, Newbridge and outline its plan to protect it from unauthorised temporary settlements."

He also noted to KCC that many of his fellow councillors have raised motions surrounding the Lidl RDC in the past.

In response, KCC told Cllr Heavey: "KCC’s Roads Section is proposing to take this road in charge this year subject to landscaping and tidying up works being completed by the Developers, Lidl and Murphy International, on the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road.

"The Roads Section is also examining measures to protect the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road from illegal parking and unauthorised temporary settlements, which will be challenging."

Cllr Noel Heavey (Fianna Fáil). Photograph by Martin Connelly.

Fine Gael Cllr Peggy O’Dwyer also commented that she has raised the issue surrounding the presence of illegal encampments in the past.

Cllr O’Dwyer also thanked KCC senior engineer Stephen Deegan for his attempts to combat the issue.

She further said that the situation is complicated as ‘the ownership (of the lands) is very split.’