Frank O’Rourke TD has raised the requirement for a Maynooth Ring Road at a meeting with Kildare County Council and officials from the Department of Housing Planning Community and Local Government in recent days
“The traffic trying to negotiate travelling through the town of Maynooth is reaching standstill points at many times during the day. The traffic challenge is being raised with me by local businesses and by residents in Maynooth on a constant basis and at my weekly clinics.”
“I am in Maynooth Town Centre at least 5 or 6 times each week and I see the problem first hand. We are seeing residential units being developed on the Old Dublin Road, the Straffan Road and the Dunboyne Road. All this is going to lead to further traffic disruptions,”
“Earlier this year, the Government sought proposals from local authorities, under the €200m Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund for projects like this to assist in the provision of further residential development.’
“We need to link the Straffan Road to the Dublin Road, to provide a better link between the Dunboyne Road and Moyglare Road and a better link between the Moyglare Road with the Kilcock Road and a better link between the Kilcock Road and the Rathcoffey Road.”
“Providing this type of infrastructure will open up areas for further residential and commercial development around Maynooth, and increase the capacity for the college to expand. It would also allow the town to function normally and enhance the public transport services.”
“We must learn from the mistakes of the past. We must provide adequate infrastructure in line with development rather than trying to retrofit the infrastructure subsequent to the development, as happened in the past.’
‘Having a proper ring road around Maynooth would reduce the number of vehicles through the town and enable further housing units to be developed to deal with the housing crisis. I continue to raise the requirement for this infrastructure with the Department and Kildare County Council,” concluded Deputy O’Rourke.