Traffic jams negatively affecting Clane on a constant basis, Kildare Cllr says

Traffic issues are constantly negatively affecting the town of Clane, according to one councillor representing the Clane-Maynooth Municipal District (MD).

The issue of traffic in Clane was brought to Kildare County Council's (KCC) attention by Social Democrats Cllr Aidan Farrelly, in addition to Independent Cllr Pádraig McEvoy, at the latest MD meeting on Friday, October 4 last.

At the meeting, Independent Cllr Pádraig McEvoy submitted the following question to KCC: "Can the council update the committee on scheduling the Area-Based Transport Assessment for Clane?"

Cllr Farrelly also asked: "Can the council update members on the development of a Transport Strategy in Clane?"

As the two questions were so similar, they were heard together at the meeting.

He also said that traffic in Clane is negatively affecting road users on a constant basis — "There is no particular time or day in the week where the traffic is bad," Cllr Farrelly added.

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In response to Cllr McEvoy's question, Daragh Conlon, KCC's Acting Senior Engineer for its Transport, Mobility and Open Spaces Section, said: "KCC's Transport, Mobility and Open Spaces Department work closely with the Forward Planning Team to develop Local Transport Plans in line with the Local Area Plan work programme.

"A Local Transport Plan for Maynooth was published earlier this year and we are currently working on one for Newbridge.

"The next Local Transport Plan to be developed will be for the towns of Celbridge and Leixlip."

"There is currently no timeline for a Local Transport Plan for Clane," he concluded.

Mr Conlon issued the same response to Cllr Farrelly's question.

Social Democrats Cllr Aidan Farrelly (File photograph).